Alfred Loewenstein was one of the richest men in the world, known as the “Mystery Man of Europe.” But during a routine flight across the English Channel, he vanished from his own plane in mid-air. Was it an accident, suicide, or a calculated murder? Nearly a century later, his death remains one of aviation’s strangest unsolved mysteries. This week, we’re unraveling the rise, fall, and lingering questions surrounding the man who fell from the sky.

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