to accommodate any warship. Truk itself
is not an island but actually a group of
islands. North of New Ireland we made
a successful attack on a large Japanese
convoy which is still going on.
Elsewhere in the Pacific attacks on the
enemy basis continue uninterruptedly.
Interrupted by telephone
Bomber Command bombers were out again in
great strength last night. Stuttgart being the
main objective. Clouds over the targets cleared
towards the end of the attack.
Mosquitoes bombed Munich and targets in
the occupied countries whereas mines
were also laid. 11 planes are missing from
the night's work. Yesterday's attacks by the
Americans was the greatest so far, 2000 planes
including escort ones were out. Leipzig was
again bombed especially fighter plane factories
(Messerschmitt) on the outskirts of the city
as well as similar factories at Gotha,
Braunschweig, Aschersleben
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