ALLIED AIRCRAFT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 August 1942, Page 3

ALLIED AIRCRAFT

| BOMBERS ATTACK JAPANESE SHIPS SEVERAL ENEMY FIGHTERS SHOT DOWN. ALL OUR PLANES RETURN. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.15 a.m.) SYDNEY. August 14. General MacArthur’s bombers on Thursday struck three times at a Japanese convoy at sea. Flying Fortresses and medium bombers, probably Marauders, attacked transports and warships .in the New Guinea area, but because of adverse weather conditions the results could not be observed. Today’s communique from Allied headquarters, says that in the first attack a flight of our heavy bombers was intercepted by six Zero fighters. Two enemy planes were shot: down and three were damaged. A second attack was made by medium bombers. They were intercepted by. seven Zero machines, one of which was shot down. A third Allied attacking force was not intercepted. Some of our bombers were damaged, but al! returned to their bases. This was the only air combat activity reported in the communique. No further details have been given of Wednesday’s devastating attacks against enemy shipping in Rabaul Harbour or of attacks made against other Japanese vessels in the Timor and Banda Sea areas.