SURPRISE RAID
' 1 1 ON JAPANESE BASE IN EAST INDIES r ' ’ HEAVY ATTACK ON ISLAND OFF SUMATRA. 1 MANY LARGE EXPLOSIONS & FIRES. LONDON, December 23. i British naval aircraft made a surprise raid on a Japanese ’ base in the Netherlands East ; ' Indies, when they attacked ; Sabang, on an island off the northern tip of Sumatra. This is the first time this base has i been attacked since it passed into i enemy hands last March. It was a heavy raid. The aircraft picked cut military targets. Many large explosions occurred, followed by fires.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 December 1942, Page 2
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93SURPRISE RAID Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 December 1942, Page 2
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