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18 planes missing. One enemy plane was
shot down on Thursday night. In daylight
yesterday only one plane was seen. Our planes
made heavy attacks on a number of targets in
N. Italy and also the ports of Piombino and
San Stefano were bombed. Our fighters in
support of the ground troops attacked a
number of targets immediately behind the
German line as troop concentrations, bridges etc.
Last night key points behind Hitler's Westwall
were bombed viz. Louvain 23 miles east
of Brussels and Hasselt east of Louvain.
Hasselt was also attacked in daylight yesterday.
From last night's operations which included
mine laying 14 of our planes are missing.
It all began over again early this morning
when planes went out towards France and a
number of radio stations went off the air.
Yesterday the Americans with a force some
1500 aircraft strong attacked synthetic
oil plants in the Leipzig area and Czechoslovakia.
Some 150 enemy planes were destroyed
a loss of 42 fighters and 10 bombers.
It has just been announced that R.A.F.
Mitchells and Bostons escorted by Spitfires
attacked railway targets in Northern France.
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