ATTACKED IN FLIGHT
SINO-GERMAN PLANE
BROUGHT DOWN BY JAPANESE
FIGHTERS
(Eeceiyed September 6, 9 a.m.) HONG KONG, September 5. Japanese planes attacked and forced down a plane belonging to a SinoGerman company, as it was proceeding to Yunnan from Hong Kong. The plane was clearly marked with the German and Chinese colours. It contained seven passengers, including the manager of the airline, Herr Holtz. It encountered three Japanese fighters which dived to the attack. The pilot opened the throttle and the superior speed of the machine enabled it to out-distance its pursuers, who used their machine-guns, piercing > ' the petrol tank and the wings. The machine was skilfully brought down at Liwchow. Ten bullet holes were found in the wings. Eighty bullet holes, each lsin in diameter, were found in the wreckage of an airliner which was brought down on August 24, in the Canton delta, and which the Japanese denied having fired at.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 58, 6 September 1938, Page 11
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153ATTACKED IN FLIGHT Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 58, 6 September 1938, Page 11
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