5/5/1944 1.= pm. Stuart Hibberd.
Liberators bombed French targets this morning
and medium bombers raided raided railway
targets at Cambrai.
Unsettled weather across the Channel may
limit the scale of our air offensive today
but not withstanding that unspecified targets
in the Pas de Calais area were bombed.
Our Mosquitoes went to Western Germany
last night, sea mines were also laid.
Not one of our planes is missing from
the operation.
The crew of one Mosquito yesterday destroyed
4 enemy planes in 6 minutes over a German
airfield at Dijon.
Last night heavy and medium bombers
from Italy attacked railway targets at
Budapest, the Hungarian capital. 4000 lbs
blockbusters were also dropped.
Mediterranean aircraft made 1100 flights
on which 4 planes were lost. There was no
enemy aerial activity over the battle area.
On land things were quiet and only artillery
and patrol activity is reported.
The Americans made 2 further landings
in New Guinea 12 and 14 miles northwest
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