Hankow, Mar. 10.
From the beginning of the present hostilities between China and Japan unti! February 28, the Japarese have lost 515 aeroplanes according to an announcement made by Chinese aviation headquarters, Gt this number 216 planes were shot down in aerial combat or by Chinese anti-aircraft fire 130 were destroyed on the ground, during air-raids by Chinese bombing planes, 67 were destroyed by Chinese ground forces, while more than 100 planes were damaged in the air and later crashed behind the Japanese lines.
Of the 67 Japanese machines dosiroyed by Chinese ground forces, the announcement declared that 5t-teen were destroyed by Chinese artillery fre and 52 were destroyed by Chinese infantry units which raided Japanese' aerodromes.
Chinese aviation headquarters estimated that the biggest Japanese aerial losses were sustained during last August and during February, this year. Last August, the announcement stated, Japanese aircraft suffered heavy losses in aerial engage~ ments around Nanking while this February many Japanese planes were destroyed in aerial engagements near Nenchang and Hankow.
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