Shot Down Japanese Give Version of Chungking Raid Five Chinese combat planes \were shot down in a 15-minute combat near Chungking on Friday night Japanese naval aircraft carried out their fifth raid against the second provisional capital of the Chinese National regime, the Japanese China Seas Fleet claimed in a communique issued at 11 o'clock yesterday morn: ing. All Japanese aircraft engaged in the operation, numbering "about 30," returned to their base safely, the announcement stated, The operation was described in the communique as "a huge success."
The Japanese aircraft, led by Commander Kusutaro Asano, reached Chungking, after several hours of difficult flying among dense clouds, at about 9.30 o'clock (Japan time), according to the announcement. A rain of heavy bombs, the communique declared, was released upon the headquarters of the Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission, anti-aircraft batteries near Central Park, and other important military establishments, Five Chinese aircraft, that rose to give combat to the Japanese ma-Chines, were "promptly shot down," the communique declared,
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