HUNTING JAPANESE
(R.N.Z.A.F. Official News Service) BOUGAINVILLE, Sept. 27. Winding up a successful tour of operations in the North Solomons with a field day in hunting Japanese, pilots of the R.N.Z.A.F. Corsair Squadron have returned to New Zealand, leaving behind them a heavy toll of damage and destruction inflicted on the enemy. The total enemy killed during the tour was 141, confirmed casualties, which is the highest total credited to any squadron since the New Zealanders commenced operations with fighterbombers.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 232, 30 September 1944, Page 6
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