THIRD ATTACK
SLIGHT DAMAGE PONE
LONDON, June 15. Darwin has again been raided. The town was attacked this afternoon by 2? bombers escorted by fighters, but it is officially announced that damage was slight and the casualties were few. A news agency message reports that after the bombers were gone there were several dogfights and that one Japanese plane was seen to lose height with smoke pouring from it. This was the third consecutive day on which the enemy has appeared over this area.-
Darwin has now had 18 air raids and it is estimated that 200 bombs have been dropped.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 140, 16 June 1942, Page 5
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101THIRD ATTACK Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 140, 16 June 1942, Page 5
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