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TWO MYSTERY PLANES SIGHTED
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V ; Flight Over Townsville .
A.A. GUNS AND: INTERCEPTORS FAIL
Climax to Dramatic Week
BRISBANE, May 3.
Mystery" planes flew over Townsville on. JfódayVmórniBjj*»^-' ; a social communique issued at Souf|í-wéj^;'Pádfie '^SfaaKtA^.
'Headquarters ' revealed 'last . night.' Anti-aircraït^
?A awuHlyr went into action, and 'attempts were also %ade*t^^tt^
tefcept tJi> fnachines. nVit..w"+nó"út success. The aircraft^thereil . were two of them-were of military type. They were flying. at¿-> a great height: If "the planes were hostile, they were the first ** reported over an eaat coast Au tralian city. ' ? '
The Townsville incident came as a dramatic .climax to. a
week during which the air war in the North preached: a new.,*r: fury, as Hie Japanese made determined bids to ; regain' the;?, initiative. ' '" - ' -
Australian centres so far attacked by the Japanese are. Darwin, Wyndham, Broome, and Derby. Only on Friday, tiowr
ever, enemy air activity was reported at Horn Island, off Capos
York. . . J.,;,:.
The special communique issued last night .gaye, fewvde-.
tails. It merely said: "Two unidentified military planes"'flew"*;
over Townsville at an extreme elevation on Mdayijnornmg^v'' Attempts to'intercept thé planes were unsuccessful: Anti--" aircraft batteries fired briefly."
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The San Francisco radio says that the planes reported;? over ^townsville on Friday were identified as Japanese: This is the first time the positive identification has been made.