Home › Entities › aviation_accident › BOAC Flight 777

BOAC Flight 777

1943 shoot-down of a civilian airliner
Event aviation_accident Q2343232

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
aviation accident
Location
Bay of Biscay[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 46.117°, -10.250°
Destination point
Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport[8]
Number of deaths
+17[5]
Number of injured
+0[6]
Operator
British Overseas Airways Corporation[1]
Point in time
June 1, 1943[4]
Start point
Humberto Delgado Airport[7]
Start time
June 1, 1943[3]
Vessel
Douglas DC-3[9]
Victim(s)
Wilfrid Israel[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en BOAC Flight 777 ar الخطوط البريطانية عبر البحار الرحلة 777 ar الخطوط البريطانية عبر البحار الرحلة ٧٧٧ es Vuelo BOAC 777 fr vol BOAC 777 ko 영국해외항공 777편 격추 사고 nl BOAC-vlucht 777 nl Ibis ru Инцидент с рейсом 777 BOAC tr BOAC 777 sefer sayılı uçuşu
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Aviation Safety Network accident ID
19430601-0
Freebase ID
/m/026xm7k

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Destination point 1
Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport
Has these parts 1
Wilfrid Israel
Instance of 1
aviation accident
Location 1
Bay of Biscay
Operator 1
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Start point 1
Humberto Delgado Airport
Vessel 1
Douglas DC-3
Victim(s) 1
Wilfrid Israel
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). BOAC Flight 777. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/boac-flight-777
MLA “BOAC Flight 777.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 5 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/boac-flight-777.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_boac-flight-777_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{BOAC Flight 777}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/boac-flight-777}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): BOAC Flight 777 — https://4ort.xyz/entity/boac-flight-777 (retrieved 2026-11-05)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/boac-flight-777 · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · Dexbot bot · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Instance of → aviation accident
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+17'}
    Destination point → Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:fa:پرواز شماره ۷۷۷ بریتیش آورسیز ایرویز]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.