Flight 777 might have gone down for any number of reasons. Maybe the german luftwaffe simply made a bad call, confusing military and civilian aviation with deadly consequences. Perhaps german intelligence got their wires crossed, thinking that somehow prime minister winston churchill would risk flying on a commercial plane in broad daylight. Or maybe the temptation to take out one of britain's most famous patriotic actors and public figures was too much to resist. All of these are perhaps more likely than the idea of leslie howard being a secret agent