19/8/1943 2 pm. Frank Philips
The Allied navy and air forces have kept
up activity against Italy. USA naval forces
have started shelling the Italian
mainland.
Ground activity is bunted to occasional
shelling over the streets of Messina.
Over Bizerte 6 enemy bombers were shot
down. 3 of our planes are missing.
The airfield in New Guinea has been
bombed to annihilation. Also town
and harbour areas were attacked.
Japanese losses are 215 planes. Liberators
made a round trip of 2600 miles to Balikpapan,
11 large vessels in the harbour probably
tankers were destroyed. Fires were caused
in refinery and harbour area.
The Russians are on the advance again in
the Kharkiv sector after repelling violent
attacks by crack German troops. Opishnya was
captured. In the Bryansk sector 2 stations were
captured. One 20 miles n. west and one the same
distance due east of Bryansk. 40 places were also
taken. A German E-boat was sunk by one of our
fighter planes off Ostend. 8 railway engines
were also attacked. One fighter is missing
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