Evening star., 1942-06-05
Allied Planes Destroy
Two Japanese Subs
Off Australia
Third Is Probably Sunk;
Enemy Boses North Of
Continent Attacked
BY the Associated press.

By the Associated PRESS.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Australia, June 5.-Allied planes,
protecting the vital shipping
lanes over which United States
war supplies are flowing into
Australia, have sunk two Japa-
nese submarines and probably a
third OF the east coast Of this
continent, Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's headquarters an
nounced today.
This success brought to six, and
possibly seven, the number of JAP
anese undersea raiders destroyed by
the defenders Of Australia in the
last five. days, four enemy midget
submarines having been reported
sunk Sunday night in an abortive
raid on Sydney Harbor.
Allied airmen also were reported
to have struck yesterday at Japanese
bases in the islands north of Austria
liza, blasting airdromes and ship
ping facilities.
The Allied aircraft credited with
the latest submarine sinkings ap-
parently were searching for sub
mersibles which only yesterday were
reported to have attacked three YES
sels in the Sydney area, sending one
to the bottom, but failing to dam
are the other two
The ofiicial announcement said
the planes, manned by Dutch and
Australian airmen, spotted the sub
marines on the surface in different
localities.
Text Of Communique.
Headquarters issued the following
communique:
Allied aircraft OF one Neither
lands East Indies and two Austria
liam squadrons on reconnaissance
OF the east coast located three
enemy submarines on the surface
in widely separated localities.
Tn ensuing attacks, two subma-
rines certainly were destroyed and
a third probably sunk
An eyewitness account of the
sinking Of one Of the submarines
was given by q Dutch airman pilot
ing big American bomber carrying
q crew Of six men.
II sighted the submarine sud-
denly on the surface" the pilot re-
ported" and opened my throttle
and roared down, but my bonn
bardier missed seeing the vessel.
II pulled the plane down again
for low-level attack. This time
the bombardier made no mistake
He loosed his bombs on the sub
marines deck. The submarine tried
desperately to escape, but came up
after the bombing, her bows stick
ing straight up through the water
and surrounded by oil"
Fanning out over a broad area to
the north Of Australia, Allied air
men bombed Japanese bases on
Timor and New Britain and secuted
as far as the Solomon Islands, Gen.
MacArthur's headquarters said.
The planes which winged their
way to Timor, some 500 miles north
west Of Darwin, concentrated on the
airport at Koepang, capital of the
Dutch half Of the island, where
they started fires and destroyed
anti-aircraft installations, a COM
on this action said.
The Allied raiders were reported
to have flown through heavy anti
aircraft FIRE to reach their target.
The attack on New Britain-ap-
proximately 300 miles northeast of
Cape York-was directed against
Rabaul. where wharves and adjoin-
ing areas, including military camp,
were reported bombed. The mis-
sion was carried out without the loss
of a single Allied plane.
Allied air scouts on reconnais-
Sance over Tulagi In the Solomon
Islands, more than 300 miles east
of Rabaul, were reported to have
Japanese sea-
plane caught on the water.