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PLANE OUT OF CONTROL PILOT AVOIDS CHILDREN (£](!«. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Nov. 3,2 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 2. When the engine of a Bulldog fighter failed over London, the pilot was horrified to find that his only landing place was Streatham Common, on which 400 were congregated, including many children in perambulators. His difficulty was intensified when he saw the people scattering in different directions, failing to understand his landing signal. One woman drew a baby's attention to the approaching machine. The baby shouted with glee just as the machine landed, swerved violently to avoid the perambulator, overturned, and was wrecked. The pilot was not hurt.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18236, 3 November 1933, Page 8
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