INDO-CHINA RAIDED
EXTENSIVE DAMAGE DONE (Received Sept. 8, 11.30 a.m.) CHUNGKING, Sept. 7 Two waves of fighter bombers accurately dive-bomoed and strafed the railroad yards at Lackay, in Indo-China, starting many fires and causing extensive damage, says General Stilwell’s communique. The surviving rpembers of the crew of a Liberator that was reported missing after a raid on Hankow on August 21 have returned to the base. They confirmed the destruction of 14 Zeros not previously reported, making a total of 57 enemy machines destroyed by . Liberator gunners during the day’s action.
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Waikato Times, Volume 132, Issue 22137, 8 September 1943, Page 5
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