Allied bombers and destroyers attack Japanese bases in South Pacific

Record ID: 353149

  • Title: Allied bombers and destroyers attack Japanese bases in South Pacific
  • Date: 9th September 1944
  • Summary: SLATE INFORFMATION: Allied Bombers Attack Japanese Bases SOUTH PACIFC: Various: EXT AEROPLANES AMERICAN. B-24. (Liberators) Bomb Jap shipping..machine gun Jap A.L.C.s...Bombing LAE--MUNDA--KAHILI..Lots of bombs leave Lib. V.G. BOMBS B.24's over Munda, Lae..bombs drop V.G..explosions JAPAN - MILITARY U.S.Liberators raid airfields & bases in N.Guinea JAPAN, - NAVA
  • Embargoed: 24th September 1949 13:00
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  • Location: New Guinea
  • Country: Papua New Guinea
  • Topics: Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVADN065Q8HNBJTI8LT0KOE5UK5M
  • Story Text: U.S. Army Air Corps Consolidated B-24 Liberators bomb Imperial Japanese warships and U.S. Navy ships bombard Munda Point prior to its capture in the New Georgia campaign
  • Copyright Holder: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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