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![]() 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
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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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Re: leslie howard..1942
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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Re: leslie howard..1942
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'
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Re: leslie howard..1942
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Re: leslie howard..1942
...or you could read my book 'Bloody Biscay' which details the full incident (which was in 1943 by the way)
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![]() hi,ruy, its a reserch,.i heard of leslie howard,killed, but dont know any other,,whats on google,,thanks gary,
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Re: leslie howard..1942
hi,thanks, great info.well apprec,,,gary
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Re: leslie howard..1942
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...ion_Flight_777
Through Google: leslie howard death unit Pretty extensive coverage.
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Re: leslie howard..1942
hi,RUY<thanks, ive learned something new, since joining,,,,fab.
gary, |
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