6/1/1943. 1.= pm. Stuart Hibberd
The Baltic port of Stettin was heavily raided
in bright moonlight last night by aircraft of
Bomber Command.
Our Mosquitoes kept the sirens going
in Berlin and were also over Western
Germany and Northern France.
In all 15 of our planes are missing.
The trip to Stettin made a round
flight of 1200 miles. Stettin is the main
port of supply for the North Russian
fronts.
During the raid on Kiel and attacks on France
yesterday 95 enemy planes in all were
destroyed. 25 of our bombers and 12
fighters are missing.
In Italy stiff fighting takes place in the
Adriatic coastal sector. Troops of the
5th Army are fighting stiffly in San Vittore del Lazio.
On Tuesday night a chemical plant was
bombed and one plane is missing
from that raid. Monday night
our destroyers in the Adriatic
bombarded an Italian position on the
East coast 120 (?) miles North of Ortona.
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