TARGET IN FORMOSA
JAP ALUMINIUM PLANT Recd. 6 p.m. Rugby, Jan. 13. It was United Slates heavy bombers which attacked the island of Formosa on Tuesday night. Their target was the Japanese aluminium olant on th? south-west coast. The same night American aircraft attacked railway yards in Bangkok, the capital of Siam. Recd. S p.m. Chungking, Jan. 13. General Stilwell’s communique says' China-based Liberators bombed a vita] aluminium plant in Formosa on Wednesday. They encountered intense flak but. no fighter opposition. On the following day Liberators bombed the •• •ilway yards and aerodrome at Bangkok. All our aircraft are accounted for.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 12, 15 January 1944, Page 5
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