OTHER BASES ATTACKED

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25214, 1 May 1943, Page 5

OTHER BASES ATTACKED

LONG FLIGHT TO AMBOINA (Rec. 0.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, Apl. 30. The Japanese seaplane base at Halong (Amboina), 580 miles north of Darwin, has been heavily attacked by Liberator bombers. Explosions and fires were caused among the hangars and barracks. Fifteen Zeros made an unsuccessful attempt at interception. Two were probably destroyed and a third damaged. All of our bombers returned safely. The raid is reported in General MacArthur’s communique to-day. Medium bombers on Thursday attacked Koepang (Timor), 500 miles north-west of Darwin, starting numerous fires in the town area. The only other attacks recorded in to-day’s communique were made by a' single aircraft on armed reconnaissance. A Japanese lugger was left sinking after being attacked by a medium bomber off Jamdena Island, in the Tenimber group, just 300 miles north of Darwin. Fires were started in the enemyoccupied village of Koleseer, in the Kai Islands, 500 miles north-east of Darwin. A heavy bomber making a reconnaissance sweep along the North New Guinea coast bombed the Medang, Saidor, and Finschafen areas. About 120 miles separated these three centres of Japanese activity.