20 Celebs Who Died In Freaky Accidents
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9. Leslie Howard
In May 1943, the famous British actor, producer, and director Leslie Howard conducted a month-long “entertainer goodwill” tour, promoting a movie he had produced in Spain and Portugal, The Lamp Still Burns. After completing the tour, he and his business manager Alfred T. Chenhalls, were anxious to return to England.
At 7:35 a.m. on June 1, 1943, British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Flight 777-A, containing Howard, Chenhalls, and 11 other passengers took off from Portela Airport in Lisbon for Whitchurch Airport near Bristol, England.
At 10:54 a.m., the airliner’s radio operator sent the message, “I am followed by unidentified aircraft … I am attacked by enemy aircraft.”
The day after, BOAC issued the following statement that was published in The Times,
“The British Overseas Airways Corporation regrets to announce that a civil aircraft on passage between Lisbon and the United Kingdom is overdue and presumed lost. The last message received from the aircraft stated that it was being attacked by an enemy aircraft.
The aircraft carried 13 passengers and crew of four. Next of kin have been informed.”
Elsewhere in the issue of London’s most respected newspaper appeared an article reporting the death of Major William Martin – Operation Mincemeat’s “the Man Who Never Was.”
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