Destroyed: Hankow, July 7.
'A total of 510 Japanese planes have been destroyed by hostilities, declared. Colonel Mao Pang-chu, bombed Chief of Aerial Operations of the Chinese "Air Force, in a statement today.
Colonel Mao added that "A total of 243 Japanese planes have been shot down by Chinese aircraft, 138 destroyed on the ground by Chinese bombing operations, 163 shot down by Chinese anti-aircraft guns, and 26 shot down but riot yet. located."
The aircraft destroyed by the Chinese, Colonel Mao went on to say, includes 64 heavy bombers, 90 light bombers, 54 pursuit planes, 13 scout. ing planes, 19 seaplanes, and 320 not identified.
Losses due to accidents, Colonel Mao declared, probably totalled 783 machines, thus bringing the number of Japanese aircraft lost during the year to a total of 1,355 machines—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.