| March 1944 |
| 9th | Cold and dull. Had a most dreadful night with my cold. Woke up at 11.30 and did not get to asleep again until 5. Terribly stuffy and mental. Been feeling ill all day. Bad Catarrh and pain in back. Did not know what to do about going to office. Went up on 9.30 bus and then wished I hadn't. Came home on 3.15. Don't suppose I shall go any more until Monday. Berlin bombed again today. 125 shot down in yesterdays attack. Americans lost 38 bombers and 15 fighters. Germans have made 10 serious raids on London recently. Heaviest 275 tons, 1700 tons altogether. |
| 8th | Still cold but sunny. My cold has come out bad today, been sneezing and blowing all afternoon. Had to send Mother to bed when I got home. 7th this winter, what shall I do. Another great American raid on Berlin today. 10,000 H.E.'s and 350,000 incends. Dropped. Escort of 1000 fighters. (High Explosives and incendiary bombs). |
| 7th | Cold still. Been slight snow in night. Think I've got a slight cold after all. Vera thinks she has too. 800 bombers attacked Berlin yesterday. 68 bombers and 11 fighters missing. 176 German fighters shot down. |
| 6th | Cold. Slight snow shower. I feel a lot better, don't seem to have got a cold after all. Americans have made a big daylight attack on Berlin to-day for first time. Russian breakthrough has cut railway to S. Russia. |
| 5th | Cold again. Been a little snow in night. Felt ill and stayed in all day. Throat scratchy. Expect I've got another cold. Should have sung at Communal. Vera got a bad throat too. |
| 4th | Very cold. 5 degrees of wind frost this morning. Pipes frozen. Too cold to go out this afternoon. Americans have bombed Berlin today for first time. Did not feel very well. Hope I haven't got another cold. |
| 3rd | Cold again. Wind frost. Sunny. R.A.F. attacked a factory near Paris last night and dropped some new 12,000lbs bombs. American fighters have today made their first sweep over Berlin. 3rd German attack on the Anzio Beach-head has been beaten off. |
| 2nd | Very cold. Wind frost, sprinkle of snow. Vera went to Braintree for afternoon. Heavy R.A.F. raid on Stuttgart last night by 600 planes. Only 4 lost. Siren 2.55 - 3.30 a.m. Got up but only heard one lot of distant guns. 5 shot down out of 100. |
| 1st | Cold day. Got a sore throat and earache. |
| February 1944 |
| 29th | Cold morning. Sharp frost. Ice all over windows. Siren 9.40 - 10 p.m. Slight activity, 2 shot down. 14 raids this month. Total now 790. |
| 28th | Sunny but cold. Sharp frost and snow showers. Went back to office. |
| 27th | Cold and dull. Went to Chapel in afternoon. Fanny came to tea. No news. |
| 26th | Cold dull day. Could only go out a few steps. R.A.F. made 2 attacks on Augsburg last night and dropped 1700 tons, 24 missing. (South-western Bavaria). Americans made another two way attack on German aircraft factories yesterday and lost 69 bombers. 145 shot down. Americans claim to have shot down over 600 German fighters this week and to have dropped 6700 tons this week. |
| 25th | Less cold. Went to Dr.'s and got signed off. Got there at 11.15 and did not get out until 1.30. Vera went to town and tried to get something to eat for dinner but could get nothing except 2 small sausages puce 3 degrees (?) so we had to try and make a dinner out of them. Vera went and had a look at the fire bomb damage. Another raid last night 9.50 - 11 p.m. I was in bed as I did not feel very well. Mother had just got undressed. Had to get up. Heard some loud gunfire at odd planes. London attacked again. 10 shot down over here and 3 over France. Americans made their biggest attack yesterday and lost 65 bombers and shot down 155. R.A.F. sent out 1000 bombers last night and lost 35. Two raids on Schweinfurt. (Northern Bavaria, Germany). It's raining this evening so perhaps we shall have a quiet night. |
