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Hedgerley Historical Society
Wed 19th November 2014 Tony Eaton will present Failed to return –

Amy Johnson and Leslie Howard
Tony Eaton has a special interest in unravelling
some of the hitherto unresolved air mysteries of the
2nd World War and is a recognised authority on the
disappearance of the famous bandleader Glenn
Miller and the flight to Britain of Hitler’s Deputy
Rudolf Hess.
In the 3rd of his ‘Air Mysteries’ talks*, Tony re-constructs the
fatal last flights of 2 British wartime icons - aviatrix Amy Johnson
(1941) whose RAF plane crashed into the Thames Estuary, miles
away from its authorised flight plan, and film star Leslie Howard
(1943), killed when the unarmed civilian airliner in which he was a
passenger was shot down over the Bay of Biscay.
The bizarre circumstances of their deaths, which shocked the
nation, have long been the subject of speculation and conjecture.
Tony now separates the facts from the fiction and addresses the
persistent rumours that, for political and/or military reasons, the
complete records have been deliberately withheld from public
scrutiny.
Tony Eaton is now retired after a long career in the Healthcare
industry, most recently as Director of the London & Thames Valley
Pharmaceutical Group.
His special interest is in unravelling some of the unresolved air
mysteries of the 2nd World War.
Havi