The Archive · 1937

JAPANESE PLANES

AT PAOTINGFU

Fly Over Hopei Capital: One Train Bombed Paoting, July 29 Japanese military aircraft roared ever Paoting and Changhsintien all day yesterday. One of the planes dropped bombs on No. i3 north. bound Peiping-Hankow train but no explosion occurred, while another attempted.to machine-gun the Chinese garrison here.

As early as six: o'clock yesterday morning, fifteen Japanese planes flew over Paoting in a southerly direction. With the exception of one machine, the rest flew in a high altitude Five hours later, another abso: tion plane was sighted flying south-'d along the Peiping-Hankow Railway.

At 7 o'clock in the afternoon, the plane staged a stunt flight over the Hopei capital and also tried to machine-gun the local Chinese garrison but was later scared away.

Eight "enemy" planes also appeared above Changhsintien yesterday morning.—Central News.

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