Tokyo, Scot. 30.
Japanese naval planes making their first raid on Yunnanfu, capital of Yunnan province, since the start of hostilities shot down six out of more than' a dozen Chinese craft which engaged them in battle, and demolished fourteen more on the ground on September 28, official reports reaching Tokyo claimed last night.
Eight of grounded planes destroyed caught.fire, the reports said, and the id was blanketed with smoke. "More than a dozen" buildings on the air field were reduced to ashes, the messages continued. A military cadets' school and an arsenal also were bombed and set on fire, the reports asserted.
One Japanese plane piloted by Warrant Officer One succeeded in shooting down one Chinese craft but was disabled by bullets—Domei.
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