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Flight 777 : The Mystery of Leslie Howard
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Colvin, Ian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Howard, Leslie, 1893-1943.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
- Local Subjects:
- Howard, Leslie, 1893-1943.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (374 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Flight 777
- Place of Publication:
- Havertown : Pen and Sword, 2013.
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- By the same author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Introduction to the 2012 Edition; Foreword; Chapter 1 - Mystery of an Aircraft; Chapter 2 - The Search; Chapter 3 - The Ibis; Chapter 4 - Enter Leslie Howard; Chapter 5 - The War with Goebbels; Chapter 6 - The Bristol Story; Chapter 7 - Lisbon Scene; Chapter 8 - The Spy-Line; Chapter 9 - Interlude at Abinger; Chapter 10 - How to use Cloud; Chapter 11 - The Passengers; Chapter 12 - The Jewish Agent; Chapter 13 - Outward Bound; Chapter 14 - Countess Miranda; Chapter 15 - The Madrid Episode
- Chapter 16 - The Bay of BiscayChapter 17 - The End of May; Chapter 18 - Last Weekend; Chapter 19 - Flight 777; Chapter 20 - Aftermath; Chapter 21 - The Case for the Luftwaffe; Chapter 22 - Curtain; Postscript; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783464937
- 1783464933
- 9781783469598
- 1783469595
- OCLC:
- 867929266
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