<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_777" id="mwAQ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="BOAC Flight 777">BOAC Flight 777</a> is shot down over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Biscay" id="mwARA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bay of Biscay">Bay of Biscay</a> by German <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88" id="mwARE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Junkers Ju 88">Junkers Ju 88s</a>, killing British actor <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Howard_(actor)" id="mwARI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Leslie Howard (actor)">Leslie Howard</a> and leading to speculation that it was actually an attempt to kill British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill" id="mwARQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>.