6/5/1944 1.= pm. Robert Robinson
Liberators from this country have been out
this morning to attack targets in the Pas de
Calais area.
Sea mines were also laid all without loss.
The attacks this morning were carried
out by Liberators of the 8th Air Force escorted
by Mustangs, Lightnings and
Thunderbolts.
2 Mosquitoes attacked an airfield only
a short distance from the Spanish border.
Enemy planes were over Scotland but
no bombs were dropped. After yesterday's
big attack by the Americans on Ploesti
RAF heavy bombers from Italy early this
morning went again to Ploesti and also
attacked oil storage tanks at
Câmpina 20 miles northwest from Ploesti.
Planes from Italy made 2000 flights and only
17 planes were reported over the battle area.
24 of our planes are missing and 11 planes
were destroyed. German escape convoys from
the Crimea have again suffered a severe loss in
the Black Sea West of Sebastopol. 2 barges and
a 3000 tons transport were sunk and many
other ships damaged. In Russian there is no
material change on the land front and another
German attack near Sebastopol was
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