CAUGHT OFF GUARD
JAPANESE AT RABAUL
CANBERRA, February J24
Australian bombers caught the Japanese off their guard when raiding enemy shipping in Rabaul harbour yesterday. Several direct hits ti*ere scored on both ships and enemy- controlled aerodromes.
The attacks seemed to take the Japanese by surprise, said the Air Minister, Mr. A. S. Drakeford, today,' as the enemy fighters made no attempt to intercept the Australians un#l the raid was about to end. One Japaifcese fighter was shot down and two others probably destroyed. One Australian failed to return. Three other airmen were wounded. The Minister of the Army, Mr^ F. M. Forde, announced that a full inquiry was being held into the Daifwin raids in order to ascertain the enemy methods employed and whether the defensive action taken against tlbeau could be made more effective.
Inquiry would also be made as* to whether there was any suspicion of subversive elements existing among the coloured population and likely to be of assistance to the Japanese
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1942, Page 5
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