SWOOP ON KISKA

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 22, 21 October 1942, Page 5

SWOOP ON KISKA

Deck-Level Attack On Destroyers

DISGUISED ENEMY

(Received October 20, 7 p.m.) NEW YORK, October 19.

Twenty-six low-flying Marauder bombers carried out a deck-level attack against enemy shipping at Kiska on Friday, says the United Press correspondent in, Alaska. He quotes an Army announcement that the Marauders found destroyers disguised as cargo ships. The attackers saw crates on the ships’ decks fly high through smoke and flame and geysers of water. Japanese sailors were seen going over the side and clinging to wreckage. The.ships were the first Japanese naval craft to be sighted near Kiska for several days. Army officials believed that the crates on the decks contained fighter planes for the Kiska garrison, which is apparently without fighter protection. The Army has indicated that there will be continued relentless attacks to drive the Japanese from the Aleutians. A later Navy Department communique says that on Saturday Army Liberator bombers attacked the camp area at Kiska and bombed ships which were beached in the harbour. Fifteen tons of bombs were dropped, but overcast weather prevented observation of the results. The anti-aircraft opposition was light, and no enemy aircraft were seen.

MAINLY COMPLETED Canadian-Alaskan Bases

(Received October 20, 7 p.m.) EDMONTON, October 19.

The Minister of Trade and Commerce, Mr. Mackinnon, in a statement said that, a string of airports from Edmonton to Yukon and also the new Alaska Highway have in the main been successfully concluded. “These projects are intended not only for defence but also for attack, and they will have a profound influence on the future course of the war,” he said.