SOLOMONS AIR BATTLE
19 ZEROS DOWNED SEVEN U.S. PLANES LOST. RUGBY, June 8. The United States Navy Department states: “Yesterday morning 40 to 50 Japanese Zero fighters and torpedo bombers were attacked by United States fighters in the vicinity of Russell Island. Nineteen Zeros were shot down and six damaged. We lost seven planes, but three of the pilots were saved.
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Grey River Argus, 10 June 1943, Page 5
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