MINESWEEPING NEAR SINGAPORE
FIRST ATTACK BY SUICIDE PLANE (Rec. 12,30 a.m.) COLOMBO, July 30. "With the attack against the Ameer, the first Japanese suicide plane has appeared in the south-east Asia area," •ays a special correspondent of the Associated Press. “The Ameer was Part of a task force covering the minesweeping of the approaches to the Malacca Straits, the sea gateway to Singapore. “During' the operation, airfields, railways, ships, and aeroplanes in a Wide area of the East Indies wore bombed and strafed. It was one of the most successful air and sea strikes yet made in these waters. The bag included a steamer, schooners, and •mailer craft, 15 locomotives, three
aircraft shot down and many others destroyed on the ground. The fleet is steadily clearing the way to Singapore." I
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24632, 31 July 1945, Page 5
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