MAMBARE RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12-14. IN A SUSTAINED ATTACK IN WHICH MITCHELL AIRCRAFT, MARAUDER ...

MAMBARE RIVER, NEW GUINEA. 1942-12-14. IN A SUSTAINED ATTACK IN WHICH MITCHELL AIRCRAFT, MARAUDER AIRCRAFT, BOSTON AIRCRAFT, BEAUFIGHTER AIRCRAFT AND KITTYHAWK AIRCRAFT OF THE RAAF AND AMERICAN SQUADRON TOOK PART, ALLIED AIR FORCES BOMBED AND STRAFED JAPANESE POSITIONS AT THE MAMBARE RIVER DELTA AND ADJACENT COASTAL AREAS. IN TWENTY TWO SORTIES FROM 5.20AM TO 4.45PM IN WHICH 1,946 GENERAL PURPOSE, FRAGMENTATION AND DEMOLITION BOMBS WERE DROPPED AND 120,949 ROUNDS WERE FIRED FROM CANNON AND MACHINE GUNS, ALLIED AIRCRAFT DESTROYED AND DAMAGED THIRTY EIGHT BARGES, KNOCKED OUT DEFENCE POSITIONS, SET FIRE TO LARGE FUEL AND MUNITION STORES AND STRAFED PERSONNEL. (ALLIED AIR FORCES, S.W.P.A.).