MANILA BAY FORTS
HEAVY AIR BOMBARDMENT SLIGHT DAMAGE & FEW CASUALTIES. FOUR ENEMY PLANES BROUGHT DOWN. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.7 a.m.) RUGBY, March 26. A Washington War Department communique states: “The fortified islands at the entrance to Manila Bay were again subjected to a heavy aerial bombardment. Fifty-four heavy Japanese bombers participated in the attack, which continued for six hours. Most of the bombing was concentrated on Corregidor. The damage to military installations was slight and our troops suffered only a few casualties. Four enemy planes were shot down by anti-aircraft artillery. “On the Batan Peninsula there were sharp skirmishes between patrols along the entire front.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 March 1942, Page 4
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