AIR SUPERIORITY
SHOWN BY FIGURES
(Rec. 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 25. The completeness of R.A.F. superiority im the Rangoon area is shown by figures given in the course of the Rangoon communique. Since the first raid, the Japanese have lost 122 planes destroyed, 43 probably destroyed, and 42 damaged. R.A.F. losses have been 12 planes, and one has been damaged.
The communique adds that two enemy planes were shot down, and two others probably destroyed, in an air combat at 9.30 a.m. today, when 24 Japanese planes raided Rangoon. We suffered no losses.
The enemy also raided an aerodrome north of Rangoon four times. There was slight damage, but no casualties.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420226.2.37.4
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1942, Page 7
Word Count
111AIR SUPERIORITY Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1942, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in