RABAUL RAIDED
FIGHTER DEFENCES OVERCOME
(Rec; 9 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, June 11.
... ■■ A Squtlt-w.est pacific. High Command communique says that Allied aircraft raided v RabauU aerodrome, dropping bombs.oQh; buildings V^ and dispersed plalies>^A'''dfarect r?hit"qn^a' group of three' snejnjjr jjjiqinfeer^ ."Was -observed. A string of bombs burst in,the main buildings area and: among •> a large number" "of enemy planes.l Eight Japanese fighters failed to v intercept our bombers.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 137, 12 June 1942, Page 5
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