Japanese State They Mistook Plane for Hostile Bomber; Second Plane Forced Down Near Hankow Hongkong, Sept, 6.
The Eurasia Aviation Corporation as once again suspended all its services as a result of the attack made by Japanese aircraft yesterday morning on one of ils planes ying Yunnan, In an announcement this morning, the corporation said that the regular Aight to Hankow chad been cancelled and that the service would be suspended until further notice.
According to the latest reports ceived by the company, the plane which was attacked was enabled to continue {ts trip to Yunnan yester day afternoon after hasty repairs at Liuchow, on the Kwangtung-Kwangs! border, where i was forced down, and arrived at its destination of 5. bam, No one was injured in the attack, which occurred at 9.10 a.m, exactly an hour after the machine "had left Hongkong, Tt Is learned that after his plane was hit, the German pilot, Lutez, creased his speed and outdistanced his, plane was shot down and all its cupants killed. constitutes not only a hindrance to the smooth progress of Japanese military operations, but also a danger itself that o plane of such a kind should make a flight in the war zone," the report concludes—Reuter.
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