ALLIED REINFORCEMENTS
SYDNEY, February" 7. It is revealed that a fleet of Allied transport aircraft rushed reinforcements to Wav when the fighting suddenly flared up on January 28, and the use of this aerial transport has been a major factor in the repulse of the enemy. Men, stores, and equipment were discharged almost under the noses of the attacking Japanese. In four days the transports made 244 separate flights, landing some hundreds of troops and huge quantities of freight. The total weight of the aerial cargoes carried during these four days was more than I,ooo,ooolb—a greater quantity than was carried in any similar period in the earlier Papuan campaign. With a strong fighter; escort, our planes flew through difficult weather high over the Owen Stanley Ranges. No interference was met with from the Japanese air force.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1943, Page 5
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 32, 8 February 1943, Page 5
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