ing Aug, 16.
Chinese verse bombing raids Japanese x interior aerodvomes claim that sixteen Japanese planes were shot down in the course of the flights on day at Nan! Nanchang, Hangchow, "an chiang (Chekiang), " Anking, Kwangt (Anhwei). It will be called" that the 'Japanese claimed to have disabled forty Chinese planes in these raids and to have lost none themselves. A Reuter message from however, stated that at least nese' plane had been shot down flames there Desevibing the aids the Central News Agency yesterday admitted that five Chinese" pursuit planes had been shot down in the aerial warfare, The largest fleet of enemy planes ever to attack a Chinese city visited Hang. chow at 5 o'clock on Sunday morning as 22 attacking planes rained bombs the suburbs of the Lakeside City, the gency said, The tracking squadron of Japanese planes, h took off from an aeroplane carrier anchored off the Chekiang coast, was met in the air by a smaller fleet of Chinese pursuit. planes.
Inthe course of this engage me the first of two during the day, fi Japanese" planes were brought," down, while two Chinese machines were also wrecked.
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