ENEMY WARSHIPS SUNK
DEVASTATING AIR ATTACK ' 0
(N.Z.P.A. Special Aust. Correspondent) (Rec. 8 p.m.) ' SYDNEY, Nov. 14. More than 200 Allied aircraft from carriers and land bases made a devastating three-pronged attack on Rabaul on Thursday, concentrating on 23 Japanese warships in the harbour. Thej)' sank an enemy cruiser and two destroyers, and probably sank a second cruiser, and damaged 11 more destroyers. The Japanese also lost 88 planes—24 in air battles in defence of their fleet and 64 in ineffectual counter-attacks against our aircraft carriers and escorting warships. This latest crippling blow against Rabaul, resulting in the biggest air and sea battle north of Australia since the Bismarck Sea action last March, cost the Allies 17 planes, with only minor damage and light casualties to our naval force. A number of pilots from our wrecked aircraft have been rescued. The effect of this latest action has been to force the, immediate partial withdrawal of the Japanese air and naval strength from Rabaul, as well as to remove, at least temporarily, any threat to Allied activities in the Solomons.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25383, 15 November 1943, Page 3
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