Incident Believed More Serious Than Changkaofeng; Outer Mongolian Troops Cross Boundary result of ai Shanghai, May 30. force operations on the western border of Manchoukuo, a total of 59 Soviet planes were shot down by Japanese aircraft between May 20 and May 2 according {0 the Spokesman at the press conference yesterday.
Of these, 42 planes lone, were shot down on Sunday, whilst only one Japanese machine was disabled in the combat, the pilots of whi however, were able to make use of their parachutes and landed safely in Manchoukuo ter Sund: engagement in which 100 Soviet planes coming in relays, pa icipated, was the most important aerial battle ever to have been fought along this frontier, the spokesman emphasized. and the result attained by the Japanese combat flier: should not come as a prise in view of the fact that throughout the engagements of the Japanese air force in central and north China, they have had to contend with Soviet machines and Soviet fliers, which had thus given the Japanese fliers some experienc Asked as to the number of Japanese planes which took part in the combat, the spokesman said that had received Ho details as yet but in view fof the fact that only one section of yexe air force is stationed along the wiet frontier, he believed the number of planes to have bee: comparatively. small. In reply to a tion, the spokes believed that serious nature than the Chanyka0- wt incident of last. year.
anti-aircraft guns were used throughout Sunday's battle, the spokesman contin eved that the Soviet planes in the invasion were "xround planes."
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