RAIDS IN SOLOMONS
By U.S. Navy Bombers (Rec. 11.40.) SYDNEY, Nov. 30. In the Solomons heavy raids were made by Admiral Halsey’s bombers in support of the American forces at Empress Augusta Bay, on the west of Bougainville Island. Escorted torpedo and dive-bombers, followed by medium bombers, attacked ground targets at Mosigetta, Mawaraka, and Mqtupina with sixty-eight tons of explosives, causing heavy damage. Kieta, on the eastern coast of Bougainville, was strafed by Allied fighter patrols which started fires in the town. Barges were also strafed at scattered points along the coast. At Buka, north of Bougainville Island, escorted medium bombers pounded the aerodrome with thirty-four tons of explosives. Carola harbour was bombed and strafed, and fires started at Bonis. Enemy shipping in the Rabaul area was attacked by Allied reconnaissance bombers. (They probably damaged a destroyer.
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Grey River Argus, 1 December 1943, Page 5
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