28/3/1944. 1.= pm. Frank Philips
Last night Bomber Command Mosquitoes
attacked targets in the Ruhr and returned
without loss. This was the second consecutive
after dark attack.
Enemy planes were over West and South West
England, South Wales and parts of the East coast.
In one London area a short alert was sounded
and it is now known that 11 enemy planes were
destroyed.
In yesterday's raids on airfields over France
between Paris and the Spanish frontier
42 enemy planes were destroyed viz 4 by
bombers and 38 by the fighters. 10 American
fighters and 6 bombers were lost.
In Russia Zhukov's army is across the
Dnjestr and in other parts the Red Army is only
from the high peaks of the Carpathians
and 3 or 4 miles from Chernivtsi,
the capital of the Bukovina. Between the
Prut and the middle Dnjestr 100 places were
captured and the Russians are closing in
on Mykolajiv. Communique from General
Alexander reports three small enemy
attacks against our beachhead which were
repulsed. Our planes made some 1400 sorties
and 55 enemy planes were active over
|