The Archive · 1940

Mr. Bullitt's Narrow Escape

With traditional "sang fraid" Paris was carrying on with "business as usual" this afternoon shortly after the raid.

Lucky to escape with their lives were the Air Minister, M. Laurent Eynac and the American Ambassador, Mr, William C, Bullitt, who were having luncheon when a bomb landed in the yard of the building where they and other guests happened to be just then, The first bomb exploded and shattered window panes in a nearby building, A second bomb followed the first, pierced the roof of the house and went through to the ground fider, but luckily failed to explode. No one. was hurt and M. Eynac and Mr, Bullitt went out into the yard to watch the raid together.

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