A British pilot, who baled out of hi damaged plane in a parachute over the outskirts of London on Saturday night, narrowly escaped being mobbed by a British crowd, who mistook him for a German, it was learned last night.
The crowd watched the airman floating towards the earth and hundreds of people rushed forward in a threatening manner as soon he touched the ground.
"Don't shoot," the pilot shouted. "Don't you know your own airmen?"
A bus driver, recognizing the airman as a Briton, placed himself in front of the man and yelled, "He's alright, he's British." The crowd dispersed apologetically.—United Press.
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