U.S. AIR ATTACKS
In New Ireland Area (Rec. 9.50) SYDNEY, Jan. 14. . A Japanese destroyer near Kavieng, New Ireland, was damaged by a United States Navy Catalina on Wednesday night. The warship was lifted out of the water by a near miss. It was escorting a small convoy. Its anti-aircraft fire ceased. Solomonjs-based torpedo and dive bombers, with fiehter planes m escort dropped thirty-six tons of bombs on Japanese installations at Cape ot. George, New Ireland. One enemy fighter was shot down. r our others were probably destroyed.
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Grey River Argus, 15 January 1944, Page 5
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