"KAMERAD!"

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 220, 16 September 1940, Page 7

"KAMERAD!"

GERMAN PILOTS CRY. Flyer Lands In Suburb Of London. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Reed. 1.30 p.m.) LOXDOX, Sept. 15. Some cf the 400 German 'planes participating in attempts to reach London this afternoon jettisoned their bombs as they went fleeing back. They did some damage in south-east England. A high explosive bomb demolii-hed a row of house* in a London district, but not a single casually was caused as the occupants were underground. 'Planes shot down over London fell alongside Victoria Station, also in Kenuington and ijtreatham. One Spitfire made such a r.ic/v= of another over St. James' Park that its fragments provided souvenirs for huadreds of people. One German who parachuted into a suburb began shouting "Kamerad'." be- 1 fore lie. reached the ground. A crowd of civilians waiting to receive him tore his parachute to pieces for souvenirs. Bombs fell in widely separated parte of Britain and Wales, and a few encinv aircraft penetrated the central area of London. Most of the bombs were | dropped in the suburbs and the outlying districts. Blocks of bouses were Jiit in two districts, and some damage was also caused in the city, where a fire started. It is now under control. Re.ports indicate that damage and casualties in the London area again were less severe than in earlier night attacks. High explosive bombs damaged a town in the Midlands. Several houses were ruined and a small number of casualties were caused, some of which were fatal.