The Archive · 1938

Monument to Fliers

A monument to commemorate the death of two Japanese naval fliers, crashed at the Kiangwan race course during an air raid last year, has been erected by their relatives at the spot where the plane fell, the Shanghai "Mainichi" said yesterday.

The. two airmen, Lieut.

Hideo Nishiwaki and. Second Sub Lieut.

Okada, had taken part in several raids while the hostilities were raging in the Shanghai area. Lieut. Nishiwaki's brother, a sub.-Lieut-tenant in the Japanese Army, started constructing a monument in his spare time with the assistance of other relatives. To-day the monument will be unveiled with a cere-many at which priests of the Higashi Hongan Temple. Wuchang Road, will officiate.

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