3000 planes half of them heavies took part. General
Eisenhower yesterday visited Normandy and
conferred with British and American field
commanders.
26/7/1944 Wardell 1.= pm.
Allied troops thrusting south of Caen and west from St. Lô are
meeting with desperate resistance. The Americans west of St. Lô
advanced up to 3000 yards on a wide front. Yesterday 25 planes
were destroyed and 17 of ours are missing. 4500 sorties were flown
including 1600 from Normandy itself. In Stuttgart last
night big fires were caused in the 15 minutes the attack
lasted. Precision engineering factories there were
attacked. Berlin was attacked by Mosquitoes dropping
more 4000 pounders and synthetic oil plants in the
Ruhr too. Bremen and Mannheim got bombs as well.
13 of our planes are missing and the operations
included mine laying and attacks on flying bomb
sites. The weather is sunny over the Straits of Dover today
and weather better than we had for a long time.
Formations of planes were seen going out.
In Russia our Allies have come further across
the upper Dnjestr and are now only 4 miles from
Stanislaw. The Germans in Lwow are completely
surrounded and fighting takes place in the streets.
The 25th German General fell with his entire staff
in Russian hands. Soviet troops are also 20 miles
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