USAF airman shooting incident, Broadstairs, Kent

Aug. 08, 1955 - Black American Airman Shoots Himself On Kent Beach After Killing Three And Injuring Six With Sten Gun: American airman Napoleon Green truned his gun on himself on Broadstairs, Kent Beach this afternoon. He had run amok with a Sten gun at nearby Manston USAF base and shot nine people - three of them died. The beach shooting followed a mile long chase by armed British police and American airmen along sands packed with holidaymakers. Police loudspeakers called on the holidaymakers to leave the beach. Photo Shows:- Police and armed soldiers carry the body of Napoleon Green along the beach at Broadstairs - Kent today

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13174216

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46949879

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