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1893 – 1943Leslie Howard (1893-1943)Died 1 June 1943, aged 50Leslie Howard was an English actor and director known for Gone with the Wind, Pygmalion and The Scarlet Pimpernel. German fighters shot down his civilian airliner, BOAC Flight 777, over the Bay of Biscay while he was flying home from Lisbon. Everyone on board was killed.
1943 – 1946US Army Service in World War IIBecame a naturalised US citizen and served in the US Army during World War II, working in military intelligence in the European theatre.