RABAUL BLASTED
FLYING FORTRESSES DROP I,OOOLB. BOMBS LARGE FIRES & EXPLOSIONS CAUSED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE TO ENEMY PLANES. (Special Australian Correspondent.) SYDNEY, October 14. Rabaul, the important Japanese base'for operations both in the Solomons and New Guinea, has again been heavily attacked by Flying Fortresses of General MacArthur’s command. Many tons of bombs, including 1000-pounders, were dropped in the latest night attack on two aerodromes there,
causing large fires and explosions. These attacks were officially described earlier as designed to hamper operations by the enemy air force in the vital Solomons theatre of war. Direct hits were observed in the midst of parked aircraft, and considerable damage is believed to have been caused.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 October 1942, Page 3
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112RABAUL BLASTED Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 October 1942, Page 3
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