"About twenty minutes later Flight-Lieutenant Murray saw a formation of 3 single-engined biplanes, well away on the left of the road, which he recognised as being of Japanese type and similar to those seen on the first occasion. There may have been more but he only had a limited view of the sky through the window of the car. A minute or two later, between 15.55 hours and 16.00 hours, the Chinese in the fields end on the road were seen to be in a state ai great excitement; me Chinese came running by shouting "Fei Fei Chi" The two cars immediately" stopped and Flight-Lieutenant Murray got out of his car out his hat and remained standing the road holding the door of the car open with the express object of showing the Japanese airmen that he was a, foreigner. He is under the impression that at this point the remainder of the párty began to take to the paddy field.
"The planes by this time had got into line-ahead formation and began flying towards the road at right angles to it in front of the cars, at a height of about 1,000 feet. When the leader got over the road. he did a right handed diving turn and went into a steady 45 degrees dive towards the cars. He pulled out at about 600 to 700 feet without firing. The second plane also did a diving turn towards ihe cars, but when he had steadied into a dive, Flight-Lieutenant Murray saw the flash of machine-gun fire. He called to his chauffeur in case he had not already left the car and himself took immediate refuge in the shallow ditch at the side of the road. four yards away from the car. Just as he reached the ditch, he heard bullets whining and striking the road, in a prolonged burst of fire.
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