PACIFIC WAR

Grey River Argus, 27 September 1944, Page 5

PACIFIC WAR

FOUR JAP SHIPS Sunk by Bombers FROM S.W. PACIFIC (Special to N.Z. Press Assn) (Rec. 9.15) SYDNEY, Sept. 26. In a single bombing run, an Allie patrol plane sank a / a P * ea _ plane tender and two destroys escorts in Davoa Gul;, wpro Fhilinpines. The escort vessels weifuelling one on each side or uie tender.' A terrific ex P losl ?f h foll ° ed the bombing run h D lch made by a Catalina of the S outh west Pacific Command. The two smaller vessels sank almost imme diately. The tender later capsized an General MacArthur’s heavy and medium bombers, continuing relentless attacks against Japanese shipping in the Celebes area, sank a 10 000-ton tanker near Kendari, and damaged a 3000-ton freighter-trans-port near Manado. Airfields in Celebes were again left unserviceable. Allied fighters flew through bad weather to dive-bomb an enemy ail field at Kaoe, on the main Halmahera Island in the Moluccas, while light naval units bombarded Japanese positions north of Morotai . in support of American'land operations on that island. Construction .of an air and naval base at Morotai is progressing. '