3/12/1943 6.= pm Frederick Allen
Bomber Command continues the
battle of Berlin by dropping more than
1000 tons of bombs on Berlin in half an
hour last night. Our bombers went out
in great strength the first arriving over
Berlin a few minutes over 8 o'clock.
41 of ours planes are missing from this
operation and also from our Mosquitoes
who were active too.
Over Berlin one of our pilots reported
hundreds of searchlights and very heavy
flak. In recent attacks on Berlin over
6000 tons of bombs and explosives were
dropped. Two war correspondents who
were with Bomber Command are
reported missing. Our Mosquitoes were
were over Western Germany.
In Italy the 8th Army is exploiting its
breakthrough at the Sangro and advancing
along the Adriatic Coast where they are
now 7 miles north of the River. German
resistance is stubborn. Our troops
are now 6 miles from the coast at a place
the Germans have just announced to
have evacuated. On the Western side
of Italy the 5th Army gained some ground
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