MAGNIFICENT FIGHT
AGAINST JAPANESE TROOPS AT KOTABARU AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN SET SHIPS ON FIRE. LAND FORCES. DECIMATE ENEMY. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.15 a.m.) SINGAPORE, December 8. It is revealed that the Royal Australian Air Force Hudson Bomber Squadron at Kotabaru put up a magnificent fight against the first Japanese landing force. They went in against transports masthead high and dropped bombs with the greatest accuracy and daring. The Japanese used barges and fast motor-launches, but the Australian airmen, who were the first Britishers to fire against the new enemy, strafed the landing craft with machine-guns, causing many casualties among the Japanese. The Hudsons encountered no enemy planes near Kotabaru and left enemy ships blazing. An Australian Flight Lieutenant reported that the A.I.F. and Indian troops, who were associated in the defence of the aerodrome, were putting up a grand fight, decimating the landing forces with machine-gun fire. The Japanese are reported to be attempting a second landing, with larger forces.
OLD BATTLESHIP
CAPSIZED IN PEARL HARBOUR SERIOUS DAMAGE AT OAHU. ENEMY PLANES & SUBMARINES DESTROYED. (Received This Day, Noon.) WASHINGTON, December 8. A White House statement said: “In addition to an old battleship, which capsized in Pearl Harbour, several small ships were seriously hit. Several hangars were destroyed at Army and Navy airfields and a large number of planes were put out of commission.. The damage caused to our forces at Oahu yesterday was more serious than was at first believed. A number of bombers arrived safely from San Francisco during the engagement. Reinforcements of planes are being rushed up. Likewise repair work is under way on ships, planes and ground facilities. Washington officially states that several Japanese planes and submarines were destroyed yesterday. Active resistance is still continuing in the vicinity of Hawaii. “Wake and Midway Islands were attacked yesterday.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 December 1941, Page 6
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