AN "EXECUTION"
Persons remaining in the open during an air raid at noon on September 15 saw an air fight directly over London, says a correspondent of the "Chicago Tribune." It was not exactly a fight, it was a neat execution. The raid alarm sounded at 11.55 a.m. This observer was walking in the West End scanning the sky trying to locate the aeroplane whose motors were distinctly audible. Occasional anti-aircraft reports were heard in different sections of the city, but the target was not visible. Suddenly at 12.15 a single German bomber came into view at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Immediately five or six British Spitfires appeared and surrounded. the bomber. Instantly a large puff of smoke enveloped the combatants. Out of the smoke two large pieces of the bomber fluttered earthward followed by a single paracute. The whole spectacle lasted less than 30 seconds. The lone parachutist landed in Hanover Gardens, a mile south-west of the city's centre. Bleeding badly from bullet wounds, he was rushed to a first-aid station.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 134, 3 December 1940, Page 9
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173AN "EXECUTION" Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 134, 3 December 1940, Page 9
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