BLITZ ON SHIPPING
FORTRESSES AGAIN BLAST RABAUL.
P.A. Special.
SYDNEY, Oct, 26.
Australia-based Flying Fortresses have attacked Japanese shipping in Rabaul harbour for the third successive night. In moonlight early on Sunday morning a strong force of Fortresses dropped 17 tons of bombs, sinking a gunboat and leaving three merchantmen (aggregating 12,000 tons) listing and ablaze. All three are believed to have been destroyed. This latest raid on this important link in the Japanese shipping line to the Solomons brings the score of destruetion to 15 ships totalling 80,000 tons sunk or crippled in three days. In addition 20,000 tons of shipping is believed to have received more or less serious damage. No Allied planes have been lost in these attacks. Hits on fuel barges " near the wharves at Rabaul caused explosions and huge fires which could be seen 100 miles away. Another air blow in support of the Solomons fighting was a medium bomber attack on Kaviend, New Ireland, on Saturday night. An enemy four-engined plane was destroyed on the ground, and large fires were started among fuel dumps. Cther Allied medium bombers raided. Koepang (Timor) early on Sunday morning. Grounded aircraft were attacked. Three Japanese planes made a further raid on Darwiri on Saturday night, dropping bombs harmlessly near the fceach. This was Darwin's 44th raid.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 253, 27 October 1942, Page 5
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