leslie howard..1942
 

in 1942 a actor leslie howard, was killed over bay of biscay,,any ideas what unit it was,and why,some say a church hill winston, but ,,how come nobodys from 60 so years as said anything,esp. the unit involved,,,gary

Re: leslie howard..1942
 

Type in the name Leslie Howard in the "Search" button and you get:

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...=Leslie+Howard

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There was a very good article on this incident in the British magazine, "Flypast" by the son of one of the crew on the KLM DC-3.

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According to an NCO crew of V/KG40 taken POW in July 1943 a patrol from 14/KG40 came upon what was identified as a ' British courier aircraft ' and shot it down. It was not untill the next day that crews heard that a well known British actor was on board. Chris Goss has covered the incident in his excellent book 'Bloody Biscay'

Re: leslie howard..1942
 

Gary,

Any special reason why you type your posts the way you do?

Inquiring minds need to know!

Re: leslie howard..1942
 

...or you could read my book 'Bloody Biscay' which details the full incident (which was in 1943 by the way)

Re: leslie howard..1942
 

hi,ruy, its a reserch,.i heard of leslie howard,killed, but dont know any other,,whats on google,,thanks gary,

Re: leslie howard..1942
 

hi,thanks, great info.well apprec,,,gary

Re: leslie howard..1942
 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...ion_Flight_777

Through Google: leslie howard death unit

Pretty extensive coverage.

Re: leslie howard..1942
 

hi,RUY<thanks, ive learned something new, since joining,,,,fab.
gary,