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EPISODE · Jun 1, 2026 · 20 MIN

The Plane Britain Let Die - June 1, 1943

from The Daily History Chronicle · host Richard G Backus

On June 1, 1943, a passenger aircraft was shot down over the Bay of Biscay by eight German fighters  and everyone aboard, including one of the most famous actors in the world, was killed. The British government has never fully explained what it knew. The most sensitive documents from that day were quietly reclassified, and they will remain sealed until 2056. Three competing theories exist. Not one of them is clean.

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