KOEPANG IN FLAMES
EFFECT OF ALLIED RAIDS SYDNEY, June 13 Koepang. the main Japanese base on Timor Island, was left in flames on Friday, when a force of 15 Liberators blew up a power-house and fuel installations with 42 tons of bombs. The attack was the heaviest yet made by General MacArthur’s bombers on an objective in Timor. Koepang Is the chief enemy strong-point north-west of Australia and has been a base for Japanese air raids on several points on the Australian mainland. A Liberator force rained 19 tons of bombs on Rabaul aerodromes in an attack before dawn on Friday. This was the second big Allied attack in two days against Japanese aircraft concentrations there.
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Waikato Times, Volume 132, Issue 22063, 14 June 1943, Page 3
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