"Neither of the planes was injured and we circled over the aerodrome. I saw a Northrop^'plane on the ground so I dived and. let loose a bomb. It made a direct hit, but as my ship was so low, the repercussion made my plane jump.
"Having finished our work at Kwangteh, we headed for Hangchow. Hedge-hopping all the way, we flashed over the Hangchow aerodrome at a height of about 20 or 30 metres. A glimpse inside the barracks showed no troops visible.
"Proceeding to the south of Hangchow, we destroyed a hangar at Chuchi. We then went on to Ningpo and destroyed a large concrete hangar.
"We flew over the city of Ningpo at an altitude of 30 metres and we saw the people below um diving for cover. Both of the planes came back to the base without injury, although seaman Hiraoka, who was in the other plane had his eye-glasses smashed by a machine gun bullet."
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