Show Allied Bom Bombers rs Blast 8 Bases Base Of 01 Japs in Southwest Pacific I IBy By LEE VAN AlTA ATTA ALL ALLIED ALLIE I EO t HEADQUARTERS Australia Feb 19 INS INS Heavy Heavy damage was reported Friday to have been inflicted by py allied aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft in a series of attacks on eight Japanese bases in the southwest southwest southwest south south- west Pacific including a two-hour two concerted bombardment of targets at Bum Buln on Bougainville island inthe inthe in inthe the Solomons The attacks attack were carried out over a wide area from the Solomons Solomons Solomons Solo Solo- mons westward to th the Por Dutch island of Timor Th The assaults assaults assaults as as- were d directed I 1 r e c t e d mainly against Jap air bases and shipping Catalina medium bombers conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted the highly successful two- two hour raid against Buin Bum They dropped scores of fragmentation and incendiary bombs on the Kahili Kahill airdrome at Buin Bum Explosions Explosions Explosions in the dispersal and supply dump areas were followed by large fires Numerous enemy aircraft aircraft aircraft air air- craft were destroyed on the ground At the other end of the aerial front the Jap base bane of Du i ei c. c on mor was the target Here the lots of allied medium bombe ported damaging near tn W with pound bombs on a Jap destroyer j i 24 B Consolidated bombed bombers bomber I cooperated in t Guinea for a series of bo bomb and strafing attacks on the e en bases at Lae M haf hafen and n j At Cape Orf Orford ord on New Brit Erit island B bombed an fled fied enemy cargo vessel off I coast while at Rein bay on north coast another B 24 i attI another Jap cargo ship 0 o of i B Of tons Certain damage to th the x I sels sets was reported |