RABAUL STRUCK AGAIN
HEAVY DAMAGE INFLIGTED ENEMY PLANES AND SHIPS DESTROYED (Rec. 1.40 p.m.) SYDNEY. Jan. 27. Rabaul, New Britain, and Lorengau, in the Admiralty Islands, for the second successive day, have been the main targets for General MacArthur's smashing aerial offensive. The. Japanese lost 32 more aircraft definitely destroyed, while enemy shipping and installations suffered heavily. Medium' bombers, with a fighter escort, attacked Lorengau and* Momote aerodromes, destroying eight fighters caught on the ground. They also set fire to a freighter and a number of barges in Lorengau Harbour. Three of our planes were lost. Solomons-based aircraft again attacked Rabaul, inflicting great damage. Five cargo ships and an oil tanker were sunk, while two other vessels were beached following direct hits. Of 60 intercepting Zeros, 24 were shot down and four others probably ..destroyed. Our losses are described as "extraordinarily light."
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Evening Star, Issue 25084, 27 January 1944, Page 5
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142RABAUL STRUCK AGAIN Evening Star, Issue 25084, 27 January 1944, Page 5
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