46 JAP PLANES SHOT DOWN
OPERATIONS IN GILBERTS MOPPING-UP ON LAND VIRTUALLY COMPLETE (Rec. 12.50) Washington, Nov. 25. An American carrier division covering operations at the Gilbert Islands yesterday shot down 34 enemy fighters, nine bombers and three four-engined patrol seaplanes. The carrier division’s losses were three fighters and one torpedo-bomber. This was announced in a Navy communique which reports a raid by Liberators yesterday on Emiji, Jaluit atoll in the Marshall Islands. Three airborne Japanese float-planes did not attempt interception. Mopping-up operations at Tarawa, Makin and Abemama are virtually complete and few live Japanese remain in the Gilberts.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 78, 26 November 1943, Page 2
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