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has been disbanded. The long lull on the Russian front continues. In air battles over S.W. Pacific 11 Japanese planes were destroyed whereas we lost four.

12,= pm. Frederick Allen

War correspondents in N. Africa reckon that in 3 days and nights of air activity over Mediterranean 4 aircraft an hour have been destroyed i.e. 70 in air fights and about 200 on the ground. Yesterday alone 19 were shot down and 60 destroyed on the ground. Middle East aircraft accounted for another 10 whereas our losses amount to 7. Oliver Lyttelton said at Aldershot today that we had the option to attack. Last month over 11000 tons of bombs were dropped on Germany. According to news from Washington the American campaign on Attu island is now reaching its final phase. The Japanese have been split into 3 pockets of resistance constantly under land- and air attacks. The village of Attu has been destroyed completely with the
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21/5/1943
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