BLITZ ON BANDOENG
ENEMY MASS ATTACK Bandoeng, March 3. Japanese planes made a mass attack on Bandoeng for 90 minutes, ano were were 102 casualties. A handful of Allied fighters went Into action, but were enormously outnumbered. They encountered 42 bombers and 18 lighters simultaneously at one point. Anti-aircraft tire was unable to break up the Japanese formations. The bombing was mostly near the aerodrome. An observer in Java has described this morning's big Japanese air raid on Bandoeng. He says that 42 bombers escorted by fighters came over the city in two waves. The enemy raiders dropped bombs near the airport, but there were very few casualties.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19420305.2.62
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 54, 5 March 1942, Page 5
Word Count
108BLITZ ON BANDOENG Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 54, 5 March 1942, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in