Criminal Occurrence
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | 01 JUN 1943 |
| Heure: | 10:54 UTC |
| Type/Sous-type: | Douglas DC-3-194 |
| Compagnie: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Immatriculation: | G-AGBB |
| Numéro de série: | 1590 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1936 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 13 / à bord: 13 |
| Total: | victimes: 17 / à bord: 17 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 350 km (218.8 milles) N de La Coruña, Spain [Bay of Biscay] (Océan Atlantique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Intern. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS/LPPT), Portugal |
| Whitchurch Airport, Royaume Uni | |
| Numéro de vol: | 777 |
BOAC Flight 777-A, a scheduled British Overseas Airways Corporation civilian airline flight on 1 June 1943 from Lisboa-Portela de Sacavém Airport (LIS), Portugal to Whitchurch Airport near Bristol, United Kingdom, was attacked by eight German Junkers Ju 88s and crashed into the Bay of Biscay, killing 17 on board including several notable passengers, most prominent being actor Leslie Howard.
Theories abound that the aircraft, a Douglas DC-3, was attacked because the Germans believed that British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was aboard. Other theories suggest the DC-3 was targeted because several passengers, including Howard, were British spies. During the Second World War, British and German civilian aircraft operated out of the same facilities at Portela and the incoming and outgoing traffic was watched by Allied and Axis spies. The Lisbon-Whitchurch route frequently carried agents and escaped POWs to Britain.
Sources:
» BOAC Flight 777 (Wikipedia)
» Leslie Howard )Wikipedia)
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