28/8/1943 9.= am. (Dutch time) Robert Robinson
Our bombers were out over Germany last night.
Reports from the coast say that last night large
forces of planes were heard going over for over
2 hours.
During yesterday's widespread daylight attacks
over occupied country heavy attacks were
carried out by Flying Fortresses on targets
in France. Dominion, Allied fighters and
Thunderbolts escorted the bombers.
8 enemy planes were shot down by the
bombers and the same number by
the escorting fighters. We lost 4 heavy
bombers, one medium bomber
and 7 fighters. Messages from Zurich say that
air raid warnings were sounded in
West Switzerland last night.
2 RAF planes are also missing from the day's
work.
The Russians renewed their offensive south
of Bryansk. 5000 Germans were killed and
700 taken prisoner. Sevsk 80 miles
south of Bryansk was captured.
Encountering stubborn resistance
the Russians advanced from 3 to 5 miles
on the Kharkiv front.
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