Chungking, Feb. 15.
"Thirteen out of a total of 26 Japanese aeroplanes on the ground were immediately destroyed, while the remainder were either set on fire or damaged," it was claimed by the spokesman of the Chinese air force today in describing a raid by Chinese planes on Yunchin, on the Tungpu Railway, south Shansi, on February 5.
"Chinese bombs," he went on, "also set fire to petrol dumps on the air field."
Japanese planes, the spokesman stated, bombed the outskirts of Sian, pital of Shensi, on Monday, but the Chinese aerodrome there suffered no damage.—Reuter.
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