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General MacArthur watched the attack
which lasted 4 hours in a Flying Fortress.
A further Japanese position has been
destroyed with 95 tons of bombs.
The Japanese headquarters at
Lae have been destroyed completely
with a direct hit.
A large fleet of planes covered the fighters.
About 100 people lost their lives in
a train disaster North of Philadelphia
in the USA. The worst train crash the
States have had.
The Polish ambassador was killed when
fell from a horse.
Our home based bombers were out over
Germany last night. A few hours after
our night attack on Mannheim
American heavy Fortresses covered
by Thunderbolts attacked targets in
Stuttgart. Some 70 fighters which
enemy sent up were destroyed.
35 American aircraft and 5 fighters
were lost. 12 enemy planes were shot
down. A few bombers crossed our
coast causing little damage and
a small number of casualties.
4 planes were destroyed.
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