A RAID ON BANGKOK
ALLIED HEAVY BOMBERS RUGBY, Dec. 28.
A New Delhi communique states: About midnight on Sunday a considerable force of our heavy bombers was over Bangkok, where various targets were effectively bombed. A large arsenal and a powder factory north of the city were hit. Bangkok aerodrome, one of the most important enemy fields in the occupied countries, was successfully attacked.
At the same time the naval dock area of the city was hit with heavy bombs, which caused damaging fires. None of our aircraft is missing.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25111, 30 December 1942, Page 4
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