Flight Leader Raine states that after a few moments of rigorous aerial maneuvering, he lost sight of Blackburn and assumed that he had broken-off and returned to their home field at Kunming.

• 领航员雷恩陈述到，在那几个月的严酷的空战后，他与布莱克本失去了联系，猜想他有可能牺牲了也有可能已返回到昆明的机场了。