AIR SCOUTING OVER WAKE ISLAND
WASHINGTON, January 27.
A Navy Department communique states “United States aircraft were attacked on January 25 by eight Japanese Zeros during a reconnaissance over Wake Island. Two Zeros are believed to have been destroyed, and all the United States planes returned at dusk. “On January 26 a formation of Flying Fortress heavy bombers heavily bonwed the Japanese airfield on Ballale Island and started fires in the revetments. Weak anti-aircraft fire was encountered.”
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 106, 29 January 1943, Page 5
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77AIR SCOUTING OVER WAKE ISLAND Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 106, 29 January 1943, Page 5
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