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IN SOLOMONS BATTLE PLAYED BY LAND-BASED AIRCRAFT. FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW CALEDONIA. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day. 11.10 a.m.) RUGBY, November 19. The United States Secretary for War (Mr H. L. Stimson) said United States Army aircraft, based on Australia and New Caledonia, played an active and effective role in last week’s air and naval battle in the Solomons. Planes from Australia net only bombed the Japanese forces north-west of Guadalcanal, before and during the battle, but also participated in important reconnaissance. Army bombers from New Caledonia had been assigned to the Navy, and details of their action would soon be forthcoming.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1942, Page 4
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105IMPORTANT PART Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 November 1942, Page 4
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