The Archive · 1938

Captive Praises Skill Of Japanese Fliers Testimony From Chinese Who Was Shot Down

Peiping, July 23.

"I haven't much knowledge of the mechanical operation of Japanese planes and I cannot express Opinion on that, but I have been greatly impressed by the fighting skill and the good discipline of the yWapanese air force," Lieut. Chu Chin-chin, a captured Chinese flier, told pressmen in a Japanese military hospital yesterday.

Flight Lieut. Chu, who is 25 and a native of. Canton, encountered Japanese army aircraft over Lanfeng on May 19. His machine was shot down by a Japanese army plane and he was severely wounded and taken prisoner by a Japanese detachment.

Receiving treatment with a Japanese officer, Lieut. Chu is recovering rapidly.

He expressed his' satisfaction with the Japanese treatment and the Chinese food specially prepared for him.—Domei.

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