29.4.1944. 1.= pm. Stuart Hibberd
Last night Lancasters of Bomber Command
went to Norway to attack and aircraft repair
factory working for the Germans near Oslo.
Mosquitoes went to Hamburg.
The bombing of the Kira [?] factory meant a
round flight of some 1500 miles. Our Lancasters
went out when it was still light and arrived at
their target soon after 1 o'clock. The bombing was
well concentrated. The Kira factory was
last bombed in daylight in December.
Reports from the South East coast say that the
across the Channel offensive continues today
and the Germans report out planes over North
Western and Central Germany short from Berlin.
In Italy in daylight yesterday 3 ports on the West
coast were bombed and during the night
more ports were bombed, also Genoa.
Railway targets, gun positions and supply
dumps as well as a railway bridge between
Florence and Rome were bombed.
1700 sorties were flown, 11 planes were lost
and 5 destroyed.
On land it remains quiet in all sectors.
Lively skirmishing takes place in Slovenia
and Croatia.
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