| April 1944 |
| 19th | Nice sunny day after white frost. Raid in night 12.30 - 1.45 a.m. Had a lot of planes over and some guns in distance but nothing near. Heard a few bumps. 13 shot down. 1000 R.A.F. bombers attacked rail targets in France last night. Over 4000 tons dropped. Heaviest ever. 14 missing. Over 750 U.S. heavies been to Germany today. George came home very hungry in the raid and we gave him a big lights supper. (Lights = lungs of animals that have been slaughtered for human consumption. Popular cheap food for cats 1930s-1960s - not of high nutritional value but filled a cat up). |
| 18th | Broke out lovely sunny day but rather chilly. Mother went out in front garden. Secret diplomatic despatches banned. Everybody expecting Second Front to start. 2000 U.S. planes have attacked Germany today including Berlin. George has been missing all day. |
| 17th | Cold dull day. Heating ban starts - no more heating to be allowed until 31st Oct. Very cold in office. Heard cuckoo. |
| 16th | Rained all day. Did not feel well, thought I had got a cold coming. Went out in morning but stayed in rest of day. No news. |
| 15th | Rainy afternoon and evening. Could do no gardening. Not much news today. Heating ban to start on Monday. |
| 14th | Nice day but wet evening. Raid in night 1.30 - 2 a.m. Got up but did not go into shelter. Heard a little distant gunfire. Saw flares over London. Official total now 812. Mother went down garden. Russians have nearly overrun Crimea. 31,000 prisoners. |
| 13th | Another nice day. Big mass raids on Germany. Had just got to bed last night when there was some gunfire but no siren. Dad went to Bergholt. Mother went down garden again. |
| 12th | Nice day, fine and sunny. Garden looks lovely. Heavy R.A.F. raid on Aachen last night 1000 tons. 9 missing. (North Rhine, Germany). Mother went down garden. |
| 11th | Lovely evening. Set second lot of potatoes. R.A.F. made biggest raid of war last night. 3,600 tons dropped on "invasion" railways in France and Belgium by 900 bombers. 22 lost. Great American raid on Germany today. 64 bombers and 16 fighters missing. 126 shot down. Russians are advancing into Crimea. |
| 10th | Easter Monday. Nice day 59 degrees. Went to town in morning and looked round the St. Botolphs fire damage, also went round the Castle Park. Spent afternoon and evening in garden. Cut long path, looks simply lovely. Cut first lettuce for tea. Russians have captured Odessa. 2000 American planes have attacked "invasion targets" today, only 9 missing. Mother came down garden twice. Second time out this year. |
| 9th | Easter Dull day and rather unsettled but quite mild. Vera and I sang twice. (Sang at Lexden Methodist Chapel on Straight Road). Americans have raided Poland and East Germany today. First peas up. |
| 8th | Easter Nice sunny day. Mild 59 degrees. Cut lawns and made garden look lovely. Big American raid on Germany today. |
| 7th | Good Friday. Dull and cold. Spent most of day indoors. Sun broke out for a little while after tea and Vera and I went out and started to do hydra. Started to cut top lawn for first time. |
| 6th | Colder and dull. Wind got round to east. Broke up today until Tuesday. Not much news. |
