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SUPERFORTS TARGET — This map of a section of Japan’s Kyushu Island shows several
cities bombed by U. S. airmen. Inset shows area in relation to rest of Japan. v
TOKYO HAS
BEEN BOMBED
AGAIN!
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WASHINTON, Dec| 27.—(AP)
sC, —Superfortresses of the 21st
Bomber Command, flying from
bases in Saipan Island, bombed
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Tokyo industrial targets in a
daylight attack oday, it has been
reported.
The announcement was made
by Gen. H. H. Arnold, commland
ing general of the 20th Airforce,
who said that a communique
would be issued when operation
al reports were received in
Washington from Brigadier Gen
eral H. S. Hansell, commandng
I general of the 21st Bomber group.
The raid was the fifth in the
war of the B-29’s. i
The last visit to okyo was on
December 3rd, when the force is
^described as making substantial
hits on the Japanese capital.
Tokyo radio said that giant
planes dropped explosives and in
cendiaries at random causing ln-|,
significant damage.
The broadcast was unreadable
in places, but apparently the
enemy claimed some interception
1 had chalked up victories against
the Super-Fortresses.
The Japs said that there were
abou 50 Super-Forresses attack
ing in force and claimed to have
downed five, and that t hey
probably damaged 27 others.
The Japanuese war minister,
Sugiyama, interrupted his report
to he Diet his afternoon to make
a sstatement that the Super
Fortress raid was then in prog
ress over the city.
AIRWAYS”^
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December 24th the PAA ar
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man Clayborn. '
December 26th they departed
with William Button, Harold
Bayne, James Pappas, Ole
Shureos and James Sutton.
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Harry Swanton came In from
Kotzebue and Deering with
mail. He plans to return today
on the regular mail run with
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