AIR WARFARE
, RAIDS BY BOTH SIDES
JAPS THROWN BACK
fßy Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 12.45 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. A Navy Department communique says: "On October 21 United States troops repulsed a small enemy force which attacked the western flank of our positions on Guadalcanal. "Late in the morning seven enemy bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked our Guadalcanal airfield. Anti-aircraft batteries destroyed one bomber and damaged two others. Our Grumman Wildcats intercepted and shot down six enemy fighters. Two of our fighters were lost. "Douglas Dauntless dive-bombers attacked enemy positions on Russell Island about 30 miles north-west of Guadalcanal on October 22. In the early afternoon several groups of enemy planes attacked our airfield during bad weather. Grumman Wildcats intercepted and shot down one of these groups consisting^of five bombers. "During the night of October 22-23 an enemy ship, believed to/have been a submarine, shelled our positions on Espiaritu Santo Island."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 100, 24 October 1942, Page 7
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150AIR WARFARE Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 100, 24 October 1942, Page 7
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