ATTACKS ON WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Japanese Used Land-based Fighters LONDON, March -5. A message from Canberra says that an Air Force spokesman expressed the opinion that the Japanese used landbased fighters with extra petrol tanks for their recent attacks on Western Australia in order to conserve their bombers for use against other objectives. Reports received by the Air Force showed that the Japanese were machine-gunning with incendiary bullets and firing cannon shells at from 8000 to 10,000 feet. These weapons were used against oil storages in New Guinea and on the mainland of Australia. Members of the Air Force believe that the Japanese consider that by the use of fighters they will be able to attain their objectives of destroying installations and at the same time defend themselves against Australian aircraft.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22215, 7 March 1942, Page 5
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130ATTACKS ON WESTERN AUSTRALIA Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22215, 7 March 1942, Page 5
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