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BANDENG BOMBED

BY JAPANESE AIR FORCE NATURAL STRONGHOLD |N JAVA. SOME DAMAGE DONE. (Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) BATAVIA, February 19. The Japanese today, for the first time, bombed Bandeng, the Dutch Army headquarters and a natural stronghold of Java, high in the mountains 74 miles south-east of Batavia. Twelve Japanese bombers, flying low, bombed and machine-gunned the airfield, while twenty enemy fighters circled protectively overhead. Some damage was done to the airfield. One Japanese bomber probably was shot down. Two Dutch fighters were lost but one pilot is safe. It is now revealed that eight Japanese bombers and one fighter were shot down in yesterday's raid on Surabaya. One Allied fighter was lost but the pilot parachuted to safety.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 February 1942, Page 4

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120

BANDENG BOMBED Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 February 1942, Page 4

BANDENG BOMBED Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 February 1942, Page 4

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