The Archive · 1938

Japanese Claims

Japanese naval planes which raided Hankow for the second time on "Thursday demolished fourteen Chinese planes, including five large bombers, three medium sized ones and six of a smaller type, a spok man for the Japanese naval auth ties revealed yesterday During the raid on the aerodrome no resistance was offered by Chinese planes, he said.

The Japanese bombers observed only one Chinese plane in the air, and, it fled toward the east without challenging the raiders, the spokesman stated.

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