Friday
Mar222013
22 March 1942
Friday, March 22, 2013 at 9:37AM Another Japanese bombing raid flies over Darwin and continues on to Katherine where they drop 90 bombs on the airfield. The raid kills one local Aboriginal man, Dodger Kodjalwal, and wounds two others. There are no Allied planes on the airfield.
In Moresby, 2 RAAF Kittyhawks attack a Japanese recce plane and shoot it down in flames. Diggers report no enemy survivors. Later in the day 9 Kittyhawks take off on a raid. Only 7 return to base.
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