PUNISHING ATTACKS
ON JAPANESE AIR BASES IN CHINA MADE BY STRONG AMERICAN FORCES. NO OPPOSITION ENCOUNTERED. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.25 p.m.) NEW YORK, November 25. American bombers, accompanied by the largest fighter escorts yet seen in the China theatre, made punishing attacks on two of Japan’s main air bases in South China without encountering opposition, reports an Associated Press Chungking correspondent. Sky Dragons scored direct hits. Three hangars, believed to Ifuve been filled with Japanese planes, a big barracks and a large workshop area were also hit in a raid on Sanchu on Monday. Another formation dropped five tons of bombs on the Tienho Airfield, Japan's principal reserve base and aeroplane repair centre in South China. Buildings and oil supplies were set on fire. A stick of bombs exploded on a runway as three enemy planes were taking off, one being destroyed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 November 1942, Page 4
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