MARGIN OF LOSS
MUCH AGAINST JAPANESE IN AIR FIGHTING OVER DARWIN. ACHIEVEMENTS OF SPITFIRE PILOTS. (Received This Day, 1.0 p.m.) (Special Australian Correspondent.) SYDNEY, This Day. The air battle over Darwin last Tuesday was the most successful yet fought by Spitfires in that area. The final figures show that twelve Japanese planes were shot down, of which ten were bombers, and that three bombers and one fighter were damaged. Out of seven Spitfires which did not return to their base after the engagement, only three pilots are not accounted for. In the last four enemy raids on Darwin, only five Spitfire pilots have been lost — and it is still possible that some of these men may be rescued. The Japanese lost 24 bombers, with their crews, as well as ten fighter pilots. In the raid on June 20, Spitfires also shot down twelve Japanese planes, equalling Tuesday’s figure, but only eight of these were bombers. The measure of success in aerial interception is the number of enemy bombers destroyed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 July 1943, Page 3
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