The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-12
U. s. Bombing Planes Still Hit Japanese
(ofncal U. S. Navy Photo from NEA Telephoto)
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man warplanes, the admiralty an. nounced today.
 The Admiralty said the three destroyers lost in the action were the Lively and Kiping, sunk by enemy bombs, and the Jackal which was sunk by It's own crew after be. ing badly damaged.
 The Rome radio, broadcasting an Italian high command communique, reported earlier that German fight CT planes attacking In waves" sank three of four British destroyers en- countered north of the African Gulf of Sollln, near the Egyptian -Liby- an border.
 Two British planes escorting the destroyers were shot down, the Rome raido added.
 The Kipling and Jackal were l.. 690-ton destroyers of the Javelin class, carrying a normal comple- ment of 183 men each and corp- pleted in 1889. The Lively was of the l,920-ton lightning class, which irl- cludes some of Brltain'S latest des- troyers, built since the start of the war.
 The Admiralty said that "it is known that more than 800 officers and men from the three ships are safe so the total number of casu- alties cannot be heavy"
 During the air attacks on the destroyers, Beau fighters of the RAT destroyed one Heinkel-ll1 and damaged at least two other Hein- kels and five Junkers-88 dive-bomb- CTS, the Admiralty's communique said.
 The Jackal was taken in two after being damaged but had to be sunk by our own forces since 1t became impossible to save the ship" it was stated.
 German Convoy Hit
 London, May 12 = (U.P) - Hud- son bombers of the British coastal command attacked a German con- voy within 200 yards of the Nor- wegian coast today and left a 10,- O00-ton ship ablaze, an air ministry communique reported.
 The attack on the convoy, with bombs and low-level machine-gun fire, followed an attack on the same area Sunday ngiht when a Hudson bomber damaged German supply ship near Mandal, southermoSt town of Norway on the Skagerrak.
 Two coastal command planes were reported missing from a daylight attack yesterday on another strong ly escorted enemy convoy off the Frisian Islands.
 GA broadcast German high com- mand communique said that Luft- waffe planes attacked shipping of the British coast yesterday with good success.")
 American Subs At Work
 Washington, May l2 - (U.PO - American submarine raiders, con. tinuing their attacks on Japan's long supply line with great success. have now sunk or damaged at least 65 enemy vessels.
 The role being played by submar- ines in the battle of the Pacific often has been overstadowed by the more spectacular surface and aerial engagements, such as last weeks in the Coral Sea. But the underwater craft are more than doing their part.
 More than one-third of all the ships sunk by the Navy during the war have been sent to the bottom by submarines. The navy announced yesterday that three more Japan csc ships. including destroyer, had been sunk in the Far East by subs marines, bringing the total to 42 sunk, l2 probably sunk and fl darn- aged. At least l7 of the torpedoed ships were warcraft.
 Submarines are rowing all sections of the Far Pacific battle-ground. Their victims have gone to the bot- tom almost within sight of the Jap- anese mainland, in the Celehes Sea of the East Indies, in the waters around the Philippines and in the vast spaces between the Philippines and Hawaii.
 Japs Lose Plenty
 An advanced Allied base. E0uths west Pacific. May i2 - lUPl - FoFty-one Japanese planes have been destroyed and 200 Japanese flyers have been killed since the Japanse began Taldlng this north. western Australia area, it was estls mated today.
 there when France fell. and prob- able use Of tankeFg and merchant vessels now tied up in Martinique.