BANGKOK BOMBED
POWERFUL & SUCCESSFUL ATTACK DAMAGE DONE TO AIRFIELD & DOCKS. HITS SCORED ON ARSENAL. (British Official Wireiess.) (Received This Day, 10 a.m.) RUGBY, December 28. A New Delhi communique states: “About midnight on Sunday a considerable force of our Heavy bombeis were over Bangkok, in Thailand, where various targets were effectively bombed. A large arsenal and powder factory north of the city was hit. The Bangkok aerodrome, one of the most important enemy fields in 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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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 December 1942, Page 3
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