The "university district" was said to have been heavily bombed by three waves of Japanese aircraft yesterday noon, Greatest damage was done to he National Central University, where the laboratory building, workshop and faculty residences were demolished. There were no casualties, university students being away for the summer vacation.
Several raiders were said to have been hit by Chinese fighter planes snd anti-aircraft fire. One Japanese bomber crashed in flames near Nanchuan, southeast of Chungking, after 2 brisk fight. The wreckage has been located.
The Chinese air force has been actively assisting the Chinese counteroffensive in the Ichang sector, bombing Japanese concentrations daily. Squadrons of Chinese planes carried out bombing operations on the Ichang front again today—Reuter.
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