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8 Jul 1942, Ella Buuck's wartime diary

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Wed, 8 Jul 1942

It was a hot night. The fans stopped working in the dining room while we were eating and we just about passed out.

Many planes flew over us, 61 in all, Lorenz said, also claims they dropped bombs near Singapore. We are anchored 30 miles out. Don’t know whose planes they were.