FIRED ON BY WARSHIPS
BRITISH AIRLINER
JAPANESE EXPLANATION \
(Received March 1, 10 a.m.) SHANGHAI, February 28.
As an Imperial Airways liner, well marked with Union Jacks and flying from Bangkok to Hong Kong, was passing over a squadron' of Japanese destroyers at an altitude of 12,000 ft it had to run the gauntlet of. shells and machine-gun bullets. Luckily it was not hit, and arrived safely.
Following discussions with Japanese officials at Tokio and Hong Kong, Imperial Airways has decided to alter its route from Bangkok to Hong Kong. An official account says that Japanese fighter planes mistook the liner for a Chinese machine, but on near approach discovered the error, except one, which fired a few shots.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 50, 1 March 1938, Page 9
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