Owing to illness unable to listen
during the past week.
14/3/1944. 1.= pm. Wardell
Halifaxes bombed railway yards at Le
Mans 110 miles southwest of Paris.
Frankfurt and other objectives in
Western Germany were also bombed
by Mosquitoes and mines were laid
too. 3 bombers are missing.
Cherson has been captured.
There was slight enemy activity over
coastal districts.
In Italy patrols were active on all
fronts. The weather has improved and our
heavy bombers have attacked railway
yards and also road and rail transport.
Coastal Command aircraft bombed
a.o. the docks at San Stefano. 3 enemy
planes were destroyed and we lost 6
aircraft. Our planes made 1000
flights and only 45 enemy planes
were seen over the battlefield.
Cherson was captured yesterday
under extraordinary difficult
weather conditions. The Russians
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