Fifteen Bombers in First Attack, Twenty-seven in Second Raid Tokyo, Feb. 27, Formations of Japanese naval aite craft yesterday afternoon carried out successful air attacks on Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province, inflicted ing heavy damage, the press section of the Japanese South China Seas Fleet announces.
'Several formations concentrated their attacks on warehouses' in the western section of Kunming, setting them on fire, the communique states. Other formations bombed military establishments in the suburbs, destroying them completely.
In spite of intensive anti-aircraft fire, all the Japanese planes returned safely to their base, the communique adds, A report from Kunming states that a formation of 15 heavy bombers attacked an objective south of Kunming early in the afternoon, and later 27 heavy bombers flew over and unloaded their bombs in the centre of the city.—Reuter, Kaotan Bombed a Japanese Naval Air Base Feb, 27.
The main force of the Chungking 15 Division concentrated at Kaotan, 20 kilometres south of Anking, was repeatedly raided by Japanese naval aircraft during the last two days, the, press section of {he Japanese Central China Seas Feet announced this morning, More than 50 barracks at Kaotan were destroyed by Japanese missłes, and fires broke out at severa places, said the announcetnent.—Domei.
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