| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | June 01, 1943 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Location: | Off the coast of France |
| Operator: | British Overseas Airways |
| Flight #: | 2L272 |
| Route: | Lisbon - London |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration: | G-AGBB |
| cn / ln: | 1590 |
| Aboard: | 17 (passengers:13 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 17 (passengers:13 crew:4) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Shot down by the German Air Force over the Bay of Biscay. The last message received from the plane was it was being attacked by an enemy aircraft. The aircraft had a Dutch crew. British actor Leslie Howard, 42, killed. |
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