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raid American planes based in this
country have made so far.
Dense smoke from the night's attack
was still over the place and accurate
bombing by the Flying Fortresses was
impossible.
The U-boat building centre at Kiel and an
aircraft factory at Warnemünde
were also attacked. This raid was also
the Americans deepest penetration
into Germany. 19 American bombers
were lost and a great number of enemy
fighters were shot down. Later in the day
Ghent was attacked by our light bombers
who went out with a fighter escort.
Typhoon bombers bombed an airfield
near Antwerp. Schiphol airfield was also
raided and the Fokker works at Amsterdam
too. 7 of our planes are missing.
Not a single enemy aircraft were over
our shores. 3 were shot down over the
North Sea and another 3 over their base in
Holland. The Russians report more
progress towards Orel.
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