GREATEST AIR RAIDS
South-west Pacific Area (By Telegraph.—Press Assn—Copyright.) (Special Australian Correspondent.) (Received January 21, 10.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 21. Allied bombers are pounding the Japanese bases across a wide tire from Timor to the northern Solomons. Tho raids during the past fortnight represent the greatest sustained air offensive that has ever been launched in the South-west Pacific.
Today’s communique from, General MacArthur’s headquarters reports bombing attacks on 10 separate points in Australia's near north, while American aircraft from Guadalcanal have been raiding the Japanese-occupied islands in the Solomons. These latter blows are widely believed to have been delivered to hamper an expected Japanese thrust against Guadalcanal.
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 100, 22 January 1943, Page 5
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107GREATEST AIR RAIDS Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 100, 22 January 1943, Page 5
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