Why did the Luftwaffe really shoot down the plane carrying British film star Leslie Howard in 1943? Did they really think it was Churchill? Or was Howard covertly serving as a spy/diplomat for the Allies? Or was it really simply an "error in judgment" as the many German sources said?

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Why did the Luftwaffe really shoot down the plane carrying British film star Leslie Howard in 1943? Did they really think it was Churchill? Or was Howard covertly serving as a spy/diplomat for the Allies? Or was it really simply an "error in judgment" as the many German sources said?

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