|
planes were seen over the battle area.
Hannover was attacked by Mosquitoes
last night and we also had planes over
Western Germany and the Northern
French Coast. Mines were also laid, all
without loss.
During all morning today the German
radio reports fights over the Reich.
There were a few enemy planes over the
South and South East Coast and 2 were
destroyed. In their daylight attack yesterday
the Americans destroyed by their bombers
62 planes and fighters destroyed 38 more.
The attacking planes went as far as Poland
to attack aircraft factories in the Poznań
area. Rocket firing Typhoons attacked a
power station at Boulogne. It was stated
by a reporter that the port of Rotterdam
has been closed for German merchant
shipping on account of the blocking of its
entrances by attacks of our Coastal
Command planes. In Russia the Germans
sent bombers to the southeast of Stanislaw
and German attacks near Ludz were
driven back. Russian planes destroyed
a bridge near Vitebsk and made two
attacks on airfields in Romania. In British
New Guinea the Australians are advancing from Madang
|