R.A.A.F. MEN RESCUED
ESCAPE UNDER NOSES OF JAPANESE MELBOURNE, March 15. Four hundred Rcyal Australian Air Force men were evacuated from northern island bases under the noses of the Japanese. The rescues were made' in two night flights by a fleet of Australian machines. They dispersed to different island bases which have been pounded and bomb-pitted by enemy fighters. Many of those rescued were wounded. The task was carried out by, bombers under hazardous conditions without lights. One flying-boat' lifted 100 men from one base.
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23588, 16 March 1942, Page 4
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