#1: Broome W.A. Search, Flying Boats sunk in raid Author: Bungarra, Location: Murchison region, West AustraliaPosted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 3:34 am 9 Japanese Zeros flew with long range tanks from Indonesia and caught 16 flying boats anchored in Roebuck Bay. They had had just landed after evacuating families from Timor.
In the tradgedy that ensued 40 adults and 20 children died.