HT This Day: April 6, 1942 -- Colombo bombed: 30 planes shot down
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HT This Day: April 6, 1942 -- Colombo bombed: 30 planes shot down

Hindustan Times  

Ceylon’s first air-raid came early on Easter Sunday morning under the cover of low clouds when the shrieking of alarms was followed by the sound of anti-aircraft artillery, pompoms, machine-guns and roar of defending planes taking off to intercept tile enemy. HT This Day: April 6, 1942 -- Colombo bombed: 30 planes shot down The air-raid alarm on Sunday morning was the longest thus far. Our losses were slight.” A later ‘communique’ says that the damage done during the morning’s raid was comparatively light, though a small number of civilians were killed and wounded. Unofficial reports show that Sunday morning’s raids were carried out by a fairly large number of Japanese planes, mostly fighters, who were kept at height by anti-aircraft fire.

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