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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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US Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy describes a German plane shot down so close to his Windsor Great Park home that he could see the pilot's face; recent bombs also fell nearby, one marked with his initials. (Oct. 1, London)
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LONDON, Oct. 1. (UP)—A German Messerschmidt shot down in a dog fight over Windsor Great Park missed American Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy's country home so narrowly that "we could see the fuzz on the pilot's face and almost count his buttons," Kennedy said today.
Kennedy was at his country home yesterday with William Hillman, London representative of Collier's Weekly, when the Messerschmidt and a British plane fought over the park. The British plane shot away the German's propeller. The Nazi pilot apparently tried to make a forced landing on the front lawn of Kennedy's home, but after missing the house by inches he skimmed over the trees and landed in the royal park nearby.
The Germans recently dropped a number of high explosive and incendiary bombs within a few hundred yards of Kennedy's home.
Kennedy picked up the nose of an incendiary bomb which had his initials on it.
"I don't know what else they can do unless they come in my front room," Kennedy said today.
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Windsor Great Park, Near Kennedy's Country Home
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A German Messerschmitt shot down in a dogfight over Windsor Great Park narrowly misses American Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy's country home, allowing Kennedy and William Hillman to see details on the pilot; the plane lands in the royal park after skimming trees. Germans recently dropped bombs nearby, one with Kennedy's initials.