José Rey-Ximena, a Spanish author, claims that Leslie Howard, the British actor, was killed when returning from a secret mission to keep Spain out of the Second World War.
The actor, 50, was returning to Britain after a trip through Spain and Portugal when his passenger aircraft was shot down by the Luftwaffe in 1943.
Rey-Ximena says that the actor had secretly met with General Franco to convey a message to the fascist dictator in a bid to prevent him from joining forces with Hitler and Mussolini.
Apparently, Howard used a former lover to get close to the dictator after being given the special mission by Winston Churchill.
Rey-Ximea says he learnt of the British actor's wartime intervention after interviewing Spanish actress Conchita Montenegro before her death last year at the age of 96.
She claimed she had an affair with Howard after the pair starred together in the 1931 film Never the Twain Shall Meet.
She later married a senior member of the far-right Falangist party and, using his influence, was able to secure a meeting between the British actor and the Spanish dictator.
How amazing.
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