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Operation Boomerang was a partially successful raid conducted by USAAF B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers on oil facilities in the Dutch East Indies in August 1944. It was the result of debates during the planning process for
Operation Matterhorn, the extraordinary strategic bombing campaign waged against Japan by aircraft based in India, and formed part of a series of heavy bomber attacks on Japanese-occupied cities in South East Asia. Despite a heavy investment of resources, including an airbase custom-built for the operation, the primary target of the bombers was barely damaged. The use of naval mines proved more successful, and marked the start of what proved to be a highly successful USAAF tactic.
I developed this article to GA class in 2018, and have recently been able to expand it with a new source. The literature on this topic is somewhat thin at times (no details on what the Japanese aircraft involved were, for instance), but I think that the current state of the article is comprehensive and hopefully of A-class status. Thank you in advance for your comments.
Nick-D (
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03:26, 6 June 2020 (UTC)reply
one last thing, 56 B-29s from the 444th and 468th Bombardment Groups arrived at RAF China Bay --> I'm not sure if it has been clarified where they originally flew from? (I may have missed this, though). Regards,
AustralianRupert (
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03:39, 8 June 2020 (UTC)reply
Its publishers and writers include well regarded historians, and the website is frequently referenced in history books:
[1]. Thanks for these checks.
Nick-D (
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07:07, 7 June 2020 (UTC)reply
I'm not sure about that. When I checked your Google books results, the first two appeared to be self-published and the third a
"dramaticised" account. The author
[2] might just squeak by on
WP:SPS, so I'm going to pass the review, but strongly recommend supplementing with a more reliable source or removing. buidhe07:47, 8 June 2020 (UTC)reply
An article from the site is in
this book published by the Naval Institute Press, which is a top-tier publisher of military history works so I think it's fine.
Nick-D (
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08:16, 8 June 2020 (UTC)reply
first combat mission against Bangkok on 5 June 1944 Don't think we should link Bangkok here. The CNN, not that long ago published an
article which states that Bangkok the second most visited city in the world is not that far from Hong Kong and has far more than London has.
was equipped with 20 Type 88 75 mm AA guns Is it possible to avoid two separate numbers next to each other?
Not sure how given that Type 88 75 mm AA gun is the name of the guns - Japanese WW2-era designations are pretty clunky to English-speaking eyes.
Nick-D (
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23:49, 13 June 2020 (UTC)reply
The strike force began to take off from China Bay at 4:45 PM on 10 August I don't which English you use but Ngram uses p.m. more than capitalised.
[3].
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Nick-D: Hallo Nick, you just missed a "travelling" but I've fixed it for you. BTW, I see a lot of anti-aircraft and antiaircraft;
Ngram tells us that "antiaircraft" more common is in American English. If you've fixed this small issue, I can give you a support. Cheers.
CPA-5 (
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08:58, 14 June 2020 (UTC)reply
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