“ KAMERAD!”
PARACHUTIST’S PLEA PLANES SHOT DOWN SOUVENIRS FOR CROWD (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 16, 12.50 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 15 Some of the 400 German planes participating in attempts to reach London this afternoon jettisoned their bombs when fleeing back and did some damage to South-east England. A high-explosive bomb demolished a row of houses in a London district, but there was not a single casualty. The occupants were underground. Planes shot down over London fell alongside Victoria Station, also at Kennington and Streatham. A Spitfire made such a mess of another over St. James’ Park that fragments provided souvenirs for hundreds of people. One German who parachuted in a suburb began shouting “Kamerad!” before he reached the ground. A crowd of civilians waiting to receive him tore the parachute to pieces for souvenirs.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21219, 16 September 1940, Page 7
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