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visional Inspector, South,
No. 3 Launch.
23rd April, 1939.
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itouning
000 hour on the Sard o.11, 1989, No. saane
own keep way off al-ek £int, where I sighted
three British Navel speed boats passing Deep kay, who changed
Tom Ea Telen: an then in the
A progooded
diraction of
No. 3 Launch was heading for ang Chun»
#hen the naval spoed bosta were off a Tatt they change/
Cousin on boo
d book to Ohnog
by a fourth speed boat and stopped.
where they were met
hours whon al
a position about 1
mile Seat of Tong Eu Island, I heard the irone of Aeroplane
engines and upon looking up, I and
gt. ioclay saw thron
single motored monoplanes of hig speed ppasing over No. 3
Launch, the monoplanes come from the direction of Cxatle Peak
ht and
then poor Tong proceeded 1
towarda o Japan Amor Sur whlan was off the chias
uroke
which
about 6 mi1oa South taut of 1.in no sho piano. thon
nation on airokod about for a minute OF BODY: the
Han-of-ver, after which they lined in formation and
returned to Urition
ra shore they alclo
toland noor Lanon, at a poultion about 1 milest of 3he
Csau Islanɑ, flying at a heiɛht of about 1 hundred feet.
These monoplanes were painted silver in colour with
a red tail and a red disc under either wing, no other merke
of identification wora vlatnl+
about 09.2 hours they
urned to Chinooo
towards the panaann-of-aratill anchored in case ooition.
The ritish speed boets then proceeded from Chu Lap Kok
The three monoplanes main returned analnalodon about
the borders of British and chinese Hatera, ond after circling once,
they returned to Chingas
ar and were lost sight of,
* westerly direction trosria the
(agd.) 1.F. WHORCI. Acting Bub-Inspeetor
\fficer-in-charge 89. 5 Launch
gand xp 11, 1939.
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