Operation Transom
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title:
Operation Transom
text:
Operation Transom was an attack by Allied forces against the Japanese-occupied city of Surabaya on the Indonesian island of Java during World War II. Conducted by the British-led Eastern Fleet, the operation took place on 17 May 1944 and involved American and British carrier-based aircraft bombing the city's docks and an oil refinery. An American torpedo bomber was shot down, and two British torpedo bombers were lost in accidents. The attack on Surabaya was the second, and final, joint American-
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1944 British-American air raid on Surabaya
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Transom
date created:
2006-10-08T17:53:05Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T12:06:03Z
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