28.4.1944 1.= pm.
Last night our bombers were out in very
great strength with Friedrichshafen near the
Swiss border as their main objective.
The weather was clear over the targets. The
attack was well concentrated and air
battles took place over it.
Railway installations in Belgium were
also bombed. .....[?] near Aachen in
Belgium. Mines were also laid.
A new moon lighted our Lancasters on
their long trip to Friedrichshafen where there are
4 Dornier factories, a radio location plant
and also works for diesel engines.
Our Mosquitoes went to Stuttgart and 36
of our planes are missing whereas 4
fighters were destroyed.
Reports from the South East coast say that
the offensive across the Channel seems to
be going on today. A number of radio stations
are off the air and the sirens are kept going
in Germany. There were some enemy planes
over the South East coast last night but there were
no casualties and no damage. One plane
was destroyed. Yesterday we had 2000 planes
out in daylight. General Smuts arrived
early today in an Avro Lancaster escorted
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