Show Russ Fighters Menace I 32 31 on Airliner SHANGHAI March 9 UP UP- UP Two Soviet Russian P 39 fighter tighter planes attacked 1 a C 46 transport carrying 32 passengers operated by Claire L L. Chennault's China Air All Transport Lines an official of the airway charged Tuesday Whiting executive vice president of the air line said the attack took place at 5 pm p.m. Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day about miles north of at The plane was bound from Mukden to with Chinese government evacuees from Mukden The airplane was not hit statement was WIlS greeted greet greet- ed with incredulity by the Soviet consulate here Chennault retired U. U S. S Major n general who commanded the famed tamed wartime Flying Tigers isnow is isnow isnow now in the United States to testify on proposed aid to nationalist China A subsequent statement from the theair theair theair air line offic offices failed tailed to amplify earlier statement that Soviet planes were involved in the attack The air line quoted pilot Lawrence Robert Stockton Ca Cal as as' saying laying the attacking fighter tighter planes bore red star in in- signia The planes made about five passes during which they fired short bursts from their machine I guns said He added that he had taken photographs of ot the attaching attacking at at- tacking taching planes which were being I I developed In is a former U. U S. S marine corps captain who saw aw action piloting medium bombers in in the Solomons and elsewhere during the Pacific war His crew included James B. B McGovern Jr Elizabeth N. N J. J who is a former Flying Tiger fighter pilot and a Chinese radio radio- man The air line Une announcement said sal 1 1 the attack occurred over theof the en co 1 of the Shantung peninsula 4 i p re t. t tl which is held by Chinese Coni The planes plane's po Il time tho the time was given as 38 33 d ac degn n north latitude degrees tt longitude which would place it t miles or more from So occupied Dairen 4 |