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Title:Anti-aircraft crews defend Port Moresby from Japanese air attack
Date:10th August 1942
Summary:NEW GUINEA: Port Moresby:
AMERICA, Naval. Japs sets on fire old Station ship NORTH WESTERN during attack on Dutch Harbour
ANTI-AIRCRAFT. Jap planes thro puffs at height
BOMBS Japs bomb P. Moresby good Bomb bursts
PORT MORESBY..NEW GUINEA Blazing transport after Japs bomb
SHIPPING BLAZING transport after Japs bomb P. Moresby
Air Raids and War Damage; Papua
Embargoed:25th August 1942 13:00
Keywords:
Location:German
Country:Germany
Topics:Defence / Military
Reuters ID:LVAZNVP6V6ITT21GBIR43IW9XOL
Story Text: Japanese fighter planes dropped bombs in their attack on Port Moresby, New Guinea
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