Main Enemy Base In Burma Bombed
Chungking, Aug. 27. American raiders at Lashio, main Japanese base in eastern Burma, shot down two Japanese interceptors and heavily damaged two others. This is the first American raid since August 11, when Yochow in Hunan and Nanchang in Kiangsi were attacked. The United Press correspondent says that the raid followed intelligence reports that the Japanese were concentrating 10,000 shock troops at Lashio for an offensive against Kumming. The United Press representative ac^mpanied the raiders. "While the bombers attacked from a high altitude fighters swept troops in the area with machine-guns," he said. "Military buildings on the aerodrome burst * into flames while barrack grounds were strewn with Japanese dead and wounded. All the American planes returned safely." . . It is revealed that an American air raid on Yochow on August 11 lasted 12 hours, killed nearly 500 Japanese and caused fires in enemy barracks, The enemy are constructing air raid shelters in many parts of Hunan province.'
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1942, Page 3
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