PILOT’S MISTAKE
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PLANE NOT FIRED ON BY CRUISER. SHIPS USING BLANK SHELLS IN TARGET PRACTICE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ' TOKIO, May 9. The Japanese naval authorities now explain that the cruiser alleged to have fired at a Japanese plane was the Kent, which the pilot mistakenly assumed was attacking him, whereas it was merely firing blank shells in target practice.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1939, Page 5
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62PILOT’S MISTAKE Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1939, Page 5
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