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25/8/1943 8 and 9 am. (Dutch time) Frank Philips

Berlin has been bombed last night. Moscow reports still more good news. The Red Army made a 20 mile advance into the Donets Basin from the East. 5 enemy raiders were destroyed over here. The Russian army has taken the offensive into the Donets Basin and advanced from 19 1/5 to 22 miles capturing 30 places southwest of Voroshilovgrad. This is the result of the local successes reported earlier. The Germans have destructed Kharkiv systematically by dynamiting houses, streets etc. A week prior to the capture fighting has been extremely fierce. Some 300 guns were placed a mile by the Germans and their aircraft made some 1500 operational flights per day. Our bombers were out over Germany again. Mitchells attacked the marshalling yards at St. Omer. Spitfires and Beaufighters and Thunderbolts carried out operations off Holland. Over East Anglia 5 raiders were shot down, the raids caused no damage nor casualties
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for St. Homer read St. Omer (probably)

Probably 24/8/1943 instead of 25/8/1943

For Voroshilovgrad read Luhansk
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