Sunday's reconnaissance flight carried out by two Japanese naval "planes during which Chinese aerodromes at Kwangteh, Hangchow, and Ningpo were bombed, was described by Chief Warrant Officer Ichiro Masse, commander of the flight, to a of the "Shanghai When the order to proceed on a reconnaissance flight was received," the flier said, "we took off from our base at ten o'clock in the morning of September 26. Weather conditions were unfavourable and visibility was poor.
"As we were passing over Taihu Lake, near Soochow," the Warrant Officer said, "we ran into: a terrific rainstorm.
"Crossing the lake," he continued, "we approached the aerodrome at Kwangteh where we skimmed over Chinese anti-aircraft gun emplacements at a height of approximately ten metres.
"So low was our flight over the guns that the Chinese were not able to fire at us. We also obtained some good pictures of the aerodrome," he added.
"However, when we flew over the aerodrome at a height of 100 metres, the batteries opened fire on us," Warrant Officer Masse said.
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