Daring Celebes Raid
(Spec.) SYDNEY, This Day. ! 'Liberator bombers which made Satur-h dav's daring daylight attack on Japan- j ese-held nickel mining centre of .Pome- ■ latt in the Celebes. Dutch Indies.) encountered practically no opposition.) For more than an hour they strafed) •end bombed ground installation andshipping. A highlight of the raid was; the destruction of a large enemy air, rrunsoprt which was coming in to land. The raid entailed a flight of more than TOO miles over strong Japanese; liases in the Arafura and Banda Seas., I’omelaa is on the Gulf of Bone across! the eastern Celebes Peninsula from ken--dari. Before the war its nickel prodtic-r tion was <>ooo tons yearly. The Japanese, bought the entire products of the field, which is the main one m the Celebes. It is probably the only fild. in the area,, now being worked by the Japanese. j
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Northern Advocate, 24 August 1943, Page 3
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