1/5/1944. 1.= pm. Joseph Macleod
Last night Bomber Command aircraft
made heavy and concentrated attacks
on two railway targets and an ammunition
dump in Northern France.
Marshal Stalin issued an order of the
day for mayday. Reports from the South
East coast say our bombers are out
across the Channel again. The 8th American
Air Force dropped a record number of
bombs in in April viz. 24000 tons.
The 3 targets attacked in N France were
a dump, which blew up, 40 miles S. West
of Paris, a railway target 13 miles west of
the capital and one near Arras.
Objectives in Western Germany were also
bombed and mines were laid. One
plane is missing. Strong forces of
Mediterranean bombers attacked
Industrial targets in N. Italy viz 2
aircraft factories, one airfield and railway
yard especially at Milan. Our fighters
were over the battle area and last night
Leghorn was bombed and a port in the
Gulf of Trieste. In all 1750 flights were
made, 5 aircraft were lost, 12 destroyed.
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