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Flight 777 : The Mystery of Leslie Howard by Ian Goodhope Colvin is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Flight 777 : The Mystery of Leslie Howard about?

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.

Author

Ian Goodhope Colvin

Publisher

Pen & Sword Aviation : [distributor] Pen & Sword Books Ltd : [distributor] Peribo Pty Ltd : [distributor] South Pacific Book Distributors Ltd : [distributor] Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781526766793

Subjects

History, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.2 / 5 (54 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14