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 in 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 alr "Japanese planes, the spokesman stated, bombed the outskirts of Sian, apitol of Shensi, on Monday, but the Chinese aerodrome there suffered no damage.—Reuter.
Shanghai, Feb. 15 Confirming reports of an air battle between Chinese end the military spokesman at the Japan ese press conference last night said that eighteen Chinese planes had been shot down in an engagement with two details of the number of Chinese raid~ fers which had gone up to engage the Japanese planes. The Chinese planes shot down were mainly Curtis Hawk and Soviet 1-15 and 1-16 machines, he concluded. No Japanese planes were shot dows.
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