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Flight 777: The Mystery of Leslie Howard

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EAN: 9781781590164 SKU: PENANDSWORDAVIATION-43171-574993 Categories: , , , , , ,
On 1 June 1943 Flight 777, a Douglas DC-3, en route from Lisbon to Britain, was shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German aircraft. Among the dead was the actor Leslie Howard, who had returned from Hollywood to England to help the British war effort. Also on board was Howard’s tax adviser, Alfred Chenhalls, who smoked cigars and looked remarkably like Winston Churchill. Did the Germans believe that Churchill was on board Flight 777? Other aircraft flying that route went unmolested by the Luftwaffe in spite of the German air presence over the Bay of Biscay. These flights were operated by Dutch crews flying aircraft of KLM, which were on charter to BOAC, and it was an experience Dutch crew that was lost that day. Ian Colvin carried out an exhaustive investigation into the incident, including interviewing former Luftwaffe personnel and this book, first published in 1957, is the result of his endeavors.

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Ian Colvin was an eminent British journalist who had worked in pre-war Berlin where he made secret contacts with anti-Nazis. Hitler’s regime expelled him from Germany but, in the 1950s, he was able to use some of those contacts to help him investigate the reasons behind the shooting down of Flight 777.

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PartNumber 43171-574993 Manufacturer Pen and Sword Aviation
Author Colvin, Ian Brand Pen and Sword Aviation
Item Weight 1.15 Pounds ItemDimensions 6.2 x 1 x 9.3Inches
NumberOfItems 1 binding Hardcover
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Weight 1.15 lbs

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