21-12-1943. 6.= pm. Fred. Allen
Home based bombers were in very great
strength over Germany last night.
More than 2000 tons of bombs were
dropped on Frankfurt am Main.
It was the heaviest attack of the war.
A secondary attack was made on
Mannheim - Ludwigshafen.
42 of our planes are missing.
At times more than 70 tons of bombs
a minute have been falling on
Frankfurt. The bombs included 4000 and
8000 pounders. The attack started at
6.30 and finished at 8. Our Mosquitoes were
over Western Germany and Belgium
and see mining was also done by our
planes.
American Marauders escorted
by Allied fighters bombed military
objectives in Northern France.
Albacores of the see-air-arm
discovered some small enemy
ships off Calais in the Channel
which they attacked.
In Italy the Germans are fighting
back stubbornly. The battle on the
left flanks of the 8th Army continues.
The 5th Army made also some
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