LOSSES OVER RANGOON
JAPANESE FIGHTING PLANES ALLIED TOTAL EXCEEDED Rec. 8 p.m LONDON, Mar. 11. The Japanese lost five times more planes than the Allies in the air over Rangoon in 31 days from December 15. 1941, and thereafter did not attempt to enter the warning zone until the city was lost and the air bases were captured in March, 1942. Air Vice Marshal D. F. Stevenson reveals this in a report published in London today. The Japanese could put 100 planes into the air at a time, compared with 35 British. Their losses were 233 in the air and the Allies, 46. Air Vice-marshal Stevenson praises the American volunteer group squadron for its “ admirable gallantry and fighting characteristics.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19480313.2.79
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 26719, 13 March 1948, Page 7
Word Count
119LOSSES OVER RANGOON Otago Daily Times, Issue 26719, 13 March 1948, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.