WIDE AREA COVERED

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1944, Page 5

WIDE AREA COVERED

ALLIED BOMBERS OUT

"waM* WASHINGTON, December 3. Jjpgnteis attacked enemy supplies and communications at Valencia, says General Mac Arthur's communique. Light naval units patrolling 1 the Samar Sea ™ a mKft ed 1 fW- ton ship off southern Masbate, shot down; one enemy plane and damaged another. .Enemy air activity /was limited. A night harassing attack paused no damage.

Our escorted heavy units dropped 135 tpns of bombs on Puerto Princesa on Palawan, severely damaged runways and buildings, and, destroyed four planes which attacked. Bombers struck installations at Dansalan, near Lake Lanao, •on Mindanao. Our pursuit planes caught 11 enemy planes taking off from Sassa aerodrome, destroyed four, and probably destroyed another' Patrol planes sank two 1000-ton freighters and probably .sank another off the north coast of Borneo. Later they strafed Kudat aerodrome. -Heavy Australian-based bombers attacked an enemy convoy off Borneo and scored direct hits on a 3000-ton freighter, which sank- within a minute. HEAVY UNITS STRIKE. Heavy units with 36. tons of bombs struck Boroboro aerodrome at Kendari, in; Celebes, cratered runway, and started fires.

Other planes , carried out night harassing attacks on several aerodromes on Celebes. Medium units, attack planes, and fighter-bombers expended 35 tons of explosives on Hatetabako) Lolobata, and Djailolo aerodromes and defences, hit runways, set fire to buildings, and destroyed planes. Light units harassed aerodromes.

Four enemy planes bombed our positions at- Morotai before dawn and caused, some damage. Patrol planes damaged nine schooners in Ambon harbour. Medium and light- bombers dropped 97 tons of explosives qn aerodromes, supply dumps, and bivouacs at Rabaul and Kavieng, started large fires, and demolished many buildings.