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 crews flying aircraft of KLM which were on
charter to BOAC and it was an experience Dutch crew that was lost that
day. Ian Colvin carried out an exhaustive investigation into the
incident, including interviewing former Luftwaffe personnel and this
book, first published in 1957, is the result of his endeavors.