The Archive · 1938

R.A.F. Bomber Bursts

Into Flames

Coolness and Resource oѓ

Pilot Saves Crew of Six London, June 10.

The crew of six of a Royal Air Force bomber had a remarkable escape, which the coolness and resource of the pilot contributed, when this afternoon the machine burst into flames at 4,000 feet, when flying over Leicester.

The starboard engine caught fire and the blazing machine was watched by thousands of people, whose attention was drawn By thë flames, The crew debated whether to take to parachutes but the pilot turned off the petrol and eventually the air rush blew out the fire, The pilot then restarted the other engine and landed the plane at Leicester airport—Wireless through Reuter, The meeting was attended by Surgeon Major-General Hitehiro Sasai, of the Japanese Expeditionary Force in Central China; Surgeon Captain Rokuro Takata, of the Japanese China Sea' Fleet; the staff of the Federation of Shanghai Japanese Street Unions; Mr. Masusaburo Amano, President of the Japanese Residents' Corporation; Mr. Yutaka Tingu, President of the Japanese Physicians' Association, ana Mr.

Eimatsu Shirakami, Chief of the Japanese Consular Police Station, Surgeon Major-Gen. basal admi shed the staff of the Federation of freet Unions to leave nothing un-Gone to keep cholera out of the Japanese community, and called their attention to the.fact that Japanese residents here are coping with the problem before the eyes of various nations in this international city.

Observance of the following anti-cholera measures was urged: inoculations of all residents of the community, sterilization of vegetables, fruit and other edibles in households, thorough sanitation in residences, extermination of flies, disinfection and personal cleanliness.

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