Japanese Describes Battle with Chinese Planes A verbal description of one of the many fights which took place dering the raid on Nanking on Monday morning by Japanese naval aircraft, was given by Warrant Officer Warari Banda, a pilot of one of the participating planes, to a correspondent of the "Shanghai Nippo."
"The first plane that I shot down, the airman explained, "was appro: mately 600 metres ahead. As I drew up to the plane, it attempted to dodge. A few machine gun bursts put it out of action."
"After disposing of the first plate," he continued, "I observed another Chinese craft approximately 2,000 metres below, me. Taking advantage of the height, I tailed the Chinese craft for 4,000 metres. The plane burst into flames as I sent a few bursts into the tail of the ship.
"Although I attempted to engage the third plane, it escaped me by hedge-hopping and flying low across the Yangtze.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.