18/5 13.= Stuart Hibberd
Last night 3 enemy aircraft destroyed.
A New Zealand fighter pilot destroyed a
Junkers 88.
Bombs were dropped in S. Wales. Caused
casualties of which some fatal.
American bombers bombed Lorient
with good results. Torpedo carrying
Hampdens and Beaufighters of Coastal
Command attacked ships near Dutch
coast, 2 sunk Australian hospital
ships torpedoed.
8.15
Brain's trust (home)
9.=
Caroline Lejeune, Mrs. Hamilton,
W.L. Andrews (editor Yorkshire Post)
Jeffrey Crowther, commander Gould.
See Radio Times
9.= news Frank Philips
More evidence raids on German dams.
Spitfires escorted Bostons who bombed
Abbeville airfield. 1 Focke Wulf 190
destroyed. Typhoons attacked Poix
airfield in N. France. 5 aircraft are
missing. Thunderbolts were over Belgium
and destroyed an ME 109.
Great devastation caused by bombed
dams. Extreme flooding from
Kassel to centre of the Ruhr.
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