BOMBING RAIDS IN BURMA
ATTACKS ON ENEMY TARGETS
(Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON. April 4. In Burma, Blenheim bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked an oil town on the Irrawaddy river yesterday. Many hits were observed, and large fires were started. A joint India war communique states: “On Friday a formation of Royal Air Force Blenheims attacked the railway junction at Kanbalu, which is on the Myitkina line, north of Shwebo, Bombs were concentrated well on the target and some good fires, accompanied by black smoke, were started among storage buildings. Other Blenheims bombed a Japanese occupied village on the Mayu peninsula. None of our aircraft is missing. On Friday morning enemy aircraft attacked Maungdaw, doing very slight damage and causing only a few casualties. Antiaircraft guns opened fire and damaged three raiders.” The Royal Air Force had made 200 attacks on enemy objectives in Burma during March, says a New Delhi message. In the same period a record number of offensive sorties were flown. The Royal Air Force carried out 88 attacks at Arakan and regular fighterpatrols carried out 114 offensive sorties in one day. Enemy activity by com-, parison was on a small scale.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23914, 5 April 1943, Page 4
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