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Wan Wah (
29
i
), 53 years, states:-
I am in charge of the Ferry Launch "Tai Pang" that plies
* tik
) and Sha U Chung ( it à ̧ ììà),
沙魚调
between Tai Po (
Chinese territory. I reside on board.
At 10.25 hrs. on the 13th April, 1940, the Ferry
Launch "Tai Pang" arrived near the shore at Sha U Chung and
dropped anchor.
I was on the deck of the above ferry, and on looking towards the shore, I saw a crowd of people scatter. I knew that there will be an air raid. The ferry launch "Tai Pang" moved a little distance farther away from the shore to a safer place.
About 2 minutes later, I saw 3 Japanese aeroplanes coming from the direction of Yim Tin () at an altitude of about 5,000 feet, I saw the Japanese mark on the wings. When over Sha U Chung they power dived and dropped bombs, which fell
on the hillside and customs house.
The bombs that dropped on the hillside were only about
3 or 4 feet from the sea. It was high tide at the time. There is only a difference of about 5 feet between high and low tide.
The 3 aeroplanes circled over Sha U Chung about 8 times
and each time they power dived and dropped bombs.
Their objective seemed to be the cargo and coolies on
the shore near the Customs House.
During the circling, one of the Japanese planes flew
over the Tai Pang Ferry Launch.
The launch was then about 1,000 feet from the shore.
The air raid lasted for about 20 minutes. The 3
Japanese aeroplanes then left in the same direction as they had
come.
During this raid I heard about 6 bursts of machine
gun fire, and about 30 bombs explode.
About 20 minutes later 2 more Japanese aeroplanes were seen coming from the direction of Ping Shan(t), Chinese territory, towards Sha U Chung.
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