NORTHERN FRONT
BIG AERIAL ENCOUNTER
JAPS LOSE 13 PLANES
(By Telegraph—Press Associatian—Copyright.) CANBERRA, June 10. One of the biggest aerial battles occurred over the enemy bases of Lac and Salamaua, New Guinea, yesterday, states an official communique. Thirteen Japanese fighters were destroyed or crippled, and two of ! ours are missing. Simultaneously Japanese installations were smashed and set on fire by Allied aircraft at Timor. The northern air war flared up with unexpected suddenness ' yesterday, when a strong force of Japanese Zero fighters intercepted Allied planes raid-1 ing the Lae-Salamaua sector, and the result was the greatest victory that has ■ yet been won over the Japanese air i forces. Thirteen is the biggest bag of enemy fighters yet recorded in a single action to the north of Australia.
The lull in the air war had continued for more than a week.
In the face of strong fighter and anti« aircraft opposition, our aircraft pressed home attacks and fires were started among buildings in enemy-occupied areas.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1942, Page 5
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