Colonel Frank Knox.
fighters, dropped 84 tons of bombs on Rapopo airfield, Rabaul, destroying 12 grounded aircraft. The Japanese sent up 50 Zeros to meet the attack, and of these 23' were shot down, with-eight more probably destroyed. We lost five fighters. . ■
The main blow against Japanese shipping announced today was a surprise night attack by Admiral Halsey's bombers on cruisers and two destroy-ers-off the west coast of Bougainville. Hits or near misses are believed to have been scored on. both the destroyers.
At Empress Augusta Bay, on Bougainville, the troops are consolidating their positions in torrential rain. In an effort to prevent enemy air interference, Admiral Halsey's bombers have dropped 72 tons of explosives on the runways at Kara airfield, near Bum, in southern Bougainville. The Japanese air force made a costly raid on the Allied aerodrome at Nadzab, in the Markham Valley, New Guinea. Our fighters intercepted a force of 10 bombers, escorted by nine Zeros, shooting down seven of the bombers and six of the fighters. Other machines were damaged, and it is possible that only one enemy plane reached its base.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 114, 10 November 1943, Page 5
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185Colonel Frank Knox. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 114, 10 November 1943, Page 5
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