Air attacks on civilian aircraft

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Originally Posted by Maximowitz

There was the attack by V Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader 40, on flight 777 which killed the British film actor Leslie Howard in 1943, the myth being that it was ordered by Josef Goebbels owing to Howard's propaganda value to the Allied cause. I believe this has now been debunked.

Do we know which pilot of V./KG40 was responsible or was it a shared claim?

An article on this appeared in Flypast issue: July, 1991, p 11-14. Article by Ben Rovevink and Lt Col Herbert Hintze. Formation led by Lt Col Hintze and aircraft that carried out the attack were flown by Lt Bellstedt and Lt Wittermer Eigenbrodt.

Best Wishes.
Robert.