Diary December 3, 1943

recording studio of 'Operation Corona'
The recording studio of ‘Operation Corona’, where the British give misleading instructions to German pilots of night fighters. Records provide realistic background noise.
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 3, 1943:

Air War

Germany: Goering orders Peltz – commanding German bomber forces in the West – ‘To avenge the terror attacks of the enemy … by means of concentrated attacks on [British] cities … ‘.
527 RAF bombers attacking Leipzig (night December 3-4) and dropping 1,382t of bombs.

Occupied Territories

Norway: Captain Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian airman, poet and playwright (relative of famous composer), killed in bomber over Berlin; aged 41.

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