24/9.1943. 2.= pm. Maurice Shillington
Our home based bombers last night heavily
attacked Mannheim - Ludwigshafen.
Small forces attacked Darmstadt
and Aachen.
32 bombers are missing, 4 evening
fighters were shot down.
On the 5th and 8th Army front steady progress
is being made on the 8th Army front in
face of light opposition.
Matera 35 miles N.W. from Tarente
has been occupied.
Two airfields on the Isle of Rhode were
bombed by Middle East Liberators.
The Russians are 5 miles away from
the banks of the river Dnjepr at
Dnipropetrovsk and 9 miles
northeast of Smolensk.
Kingsley Wood has been cremated
today. One of our submarines
returned after sinking 50000 tons
of shipping in the Mediterranean
during the last 18 months.
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