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Mitchell Bomber Attack Aleutians

AIR ATTACK FROM THE ALEUTIANS -- Its stern blown away by a direct bomb hit from a Mitchell bomber, this 2,500 ton Japanese cargo ship is dead in the water awaiting the attack from a second, approaching Mitchell which will send it to the bottom. The medium cargo ship is one of six enemy cargo and escort craft sunk or damaged by Aleutian-based Mitchells and Liberators in a surprise raid on a convoy at the Kataoka Naval Base, off Shimushu Island in the extreme northern Kuriles. It was the largest day's bag of enemy shipping for U.S. Army 11th Air Force airmen in almost two years.