FIGHTERS IN BATTLE
JAPS LOSE ELEVEN PLANES (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.)
SYDNEY, January 5. Rabaul, the main Japanese base in the South-west Pacific, has again be"en the target for an aerial sweep by Allied fighters from Solomons bases. Of 30 Zeros which intercepted them 11 were shot down, with three probably destroyed. The Allied losses are officially described as light. General Mac Arthur's communique which gives this news, also reports the destruction by air attack of an enemy schooner, lighter, and two barges off the south coast of New Britain. Madang, the important Japanese base in New Guinea which is the target for the present Allied land drives, has again been bombed. Our fighters destroyed bridges on the Japanese supply road-between Madang and Bogadjim. This road links with trails running into the Ramu Valley.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 4, 6 January 1944, Page 5
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