YAP BOMBED AGAIN
(Received July 2, 7.30 p.m.' SYDNEY, July 2.. Yap. the Japanese bastion in the western Carolines, had its heaviest raid last Wednesday. For the fifth time in a week Smit b-wi'.-t I’mifie Command Liberators made the 2000-milc round flight to attack Yap. . . In spite of opposition by 29 fighters thev dropped 63 tons of bombs in 11 minute's. Eight of Ih'“ enemy lighters were shot down, while the bombs fell amoiig 12 pl.-men parked on the airfield. No Liberators "ere lost. •Adverse weather Ims hampered air activity in this theatre, and General MarArlhltr’s weekend communiques report only limited operations.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 236, 3 July 1944, Page 5
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102YAP BOMBED AGAIN Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 236, 3 July 1944, Page 5
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