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Safety history
June 1, 1943Accident
The airplane departed Lisbon-Portela de Sacavém at 0730LT on a regular schedule flight to RAF Whitchurch, Bristol. While cruising over the Bay of Biscay, it was intercepted and shot down by eight German Junkers JU.88 fighters. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed into the sea some 350 km north of La Coruna, Spain. All 17 occupants, among them the British actor Leslie Howard, were killed. Crew: Cpt Quirinus Tepas Obe, pilot, Cpt Dirk de Koning, pilot, Cornelis van Brugge, radi
Douglas DC-3 · 17 fatalities
Shot down by German fighters. 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. Full accident record