EIGHT SHIPS HIT
SIMPSON HARBOUI RAID
ATTACKS FROM SOtOMONS (By Telegraph—Pres3 Association— Copyright.) Rec. 2.15 p.m.* SYDNEY, January 20. Torpedo- and dive-bombers with strong escort based on the Solomons attacked Simpson Harbour at midday. Direct hits with 10001b and 20001b bombs were scored on eight cargo ships, three of which exploded and sank. Two others were left burning and probably sinking. Three others were seriously damaged. A hundred enemy fighters attempted interception." Eighteen were shot down, with 15 probables. We lost 12 planes. . At Cape Pomas one of our night air patrols scored direct hits on a 2000-ton enemy freighter, which was left sinking. At Cape Gloucester, an enemy coun-ter-attack on Hill 660 was repulsed, the enemy leaving behind 126 dead. Enemy planes raided the Empress Augusta Bay area, causing minor casualties and damage to our ground forces. Ground forces crossed the Torokina River and occupied positions near the east of the lagoon.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1944, Page 6
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153EIGHT SHIPS HIT Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 16, 20 January 1944, Page 6
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