RAIDS IN BURMA
U.S.A. BOMBERS’ HAVOC (Rec. 1.12) NEW DELHI. Nov 25. A United States communique here says: A strong force of our heavy bombers in daylight on Sunday raided a Burmese railway repair centre at Mandalay. The crews reported activity in the railway yards was much reduced as a result of Friday s raids. Planes directly hit big railway repair shops, and caused several tons of bombs to burst on railway sidings and freight cars. All the planes returned. General Bissel, commanding the Tenth United States Air Force, revealed that United States Air Force planes were flying to India from the United States in 98 hours, while one heavy bomber took 60 hours.
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Grey River Argus, 25 November 1942, Page 5
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