Wuchow, Si, Dee. 16.
'The must spectacular event of the jweck—a week In which seven interior Kwangsi cities were bombed—was the bombing yesterday of the small town of Fungehuen in northern. Kuangtung, on the West river a few. miles' south of Wuchow.
At 9 am. the Wuchow alreraid Jalarm screeched out its - warning hotes anda few minutes later the urgent alarm sounded, indicating that the planes were ' near. Soon the zoom of the planes, like the purring of a cat, could be distinctly heard and In avery few minutes the distant purr had changed to a thunderous roar' as seventeen planes came into view.
Approaching the city in two! groups they circled round as if ooking for a target, and then head~ jing for Fungchuen began to drop their loads of explosives. Again they elreled round and once more bombs were dropped.
During the second raid, however, jan accident happened. One pilot more daring that the others "and evidently with a desire to make a [direct hit on some object, few very low over the town. The anti-airjeraft guns snapped la angry defiance, fond the daring plane was struck. Tt wobbled, Uited and then began to drop. Leaving two companions in the {falling plane the pilot parachuted earth and made a safe landing while his (we companions were hurled death when the plane struck ground. The lone survivor slowly walked over to his wrecked plane. Lighting a cigarette he nonchalantly smoked for a minute, but, as the crowds began to draw near, rather than be Jeaptured the pilot drew his revolver. fand shot himself through the head.
"The other planes noted the accident Jand hovered around for some time, Jand then flew off. Shortly afler noon three planes returned and after cir~ jeling over the town for a short time Jaropped a wreath of fresh flowers in honour of their dead comrades.
The. plane, badly wrecked, was later taken to Wuchow where it was put on exhibition on the foreshore where the milling crowds gathered round (o view the parts and to me [spect at close range one of those war machines which has struck terror 10 their hearts on many a day during the past twelve months or more,
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