Meantime, in another fierce aerial combat over Lake Buir yesterday evening, 24 Soviet-built aircraft were claimed having been downed by Japanese combat groups, Lieut. Masaharu Miura was seriously injured when he was forced down in the northern part of the Barshagar heights during this engagement, but is expected to live, Two other Japanese machines were forced down before they could reach their base on their way home because of a shortage of fuel.
The engagement was precipitated when 50 Soviet aeroplanes, comprising SH bombers escorted by 1-15 and 1-16 fighters, appeared over Lake Buir at dusk, In the ensuing combat, four of the bombers and twenty. fighters were claimed by Japanese pilots to have been shot down.—Domel, Briton Still Held in
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