FIRED ON BY JAPANESE
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LINER MISTAKEN FOR CHINESE PLANE Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright SHANGHAI, February 28. (Received March 1, at 10.15 a.m.) An Imperial Airways lines-, well marked with Union Jacks, from Bangkok to Hongkong, while passing over at an altitude of 12,000 ft a squadron of Japanese destroyers, ran the gauntlet of shells and machine gun bullets. Luckily it was not hit, and arrived safely. Following discussions with Japanese officials at Tokio and Hongkong, Imperial Airways decided to alter the route from Bangkok to Hongkong. An official account says Japanese fighter planes mistook the linen- for Chinese, but on near approach discovered their error, except one, which fired a few shots.
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Evening Star, Issue 22895, 1 March 1938, Page 9
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114FIRED ON BY JAPANESE Evening Star, Issue 22895, 1 March 1938, Page 9
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