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Eight German Junkers Ju 88s shot down British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 over the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Spain and France, killing actor Leslie Howard and several other notable passengers.
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Junkers Ju 88
German twin engine multirole combat aircraft
The Junkers Ju 88 is a twin-engined multirole combat aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works. It was used extensively during the Second World War by the Luftwaffe and became one of the most versatile combat aircraft of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
BOAC Flight 777
1943 airliner shootdown incident
BOAC Flight 777 was a KLM flight scheduled as a British Overseas Airways Corporation civilian airline flight from Portela Airport in Lisbon, Portugal to Whitchurch Airport near Bristol, England. On 1 June 1943, the Douglas DC-3 serving the flight was attacked by eight German…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bay of Biscay
Gulf of the northeast Atlantic Ocean located south of the Celtic Sea
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Leslie Howard
British actor (1893–1943)
Leslie Howard Steiner was an English actor, director, producer and writer. He wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)