BANDOENG RAIDED

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1942, Page 5

BANDOENG RAIDED

ENEMY USES HEAVY BULLETS

(Rec. 9 a.m.) BATAVIA, Feb. 24.

Fifteen Japanese twin-engined bombers raided Bandoeng today!. Thirty bombs were dropped on an airfield, causing some damage/

When the planes passed over the city rear-gunners sprayed the streets with machine-gun bullets, one of which when recovered was found to be the heaviest used by any air force. It weighed over four ounces. The way in which these bullets ricochet from the walls of rooms after piercing the roofs makes them a menace to those sheltering indoors.

At Bandoeng the people and the well-drilled A.R.P. were quicker to take cover than those of Surabaya and Batavia.

A Dutch hospital ship, the Op Ten Noort, was twice attacked by a group of eight Japanese bombers while at a Javanese port. It was not hit, but considerable damage was done to hospital equipment by near misses. Three persons were killed and 13 injured. It is officially stated that the ship was clearly marked with the Red Cross.

A Tokio official claim is that Japanese naval and parachute troops made a new landing on February 20 in the neighbourhood of Kupang and are continuing their advance.