Diaries - January, 1944

This is the month when Dad received the Distinguished Flying Cross. Here is the entry in The London Gazette.

And then there is a long gap in Dad's flight logs until April of this year. One of Mom's entries says he was posted to Grangemouth which seems to have been a training base. I'll wait to hear from the "experts" on this.

In the meantime, here are Mom's diary entries for January, 1944. Her beloved brother Bill came to see us this month. He was Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Army and was one of the soldiers who helped to liberate the Netherlands. I think he was in the Service Corps. Mom's friend Pat Pimlott took the photo of the three of us.

I think some of Mom's entries are really revealing. She went to meet Dad in Newcastle and says he seemed to be much better. She adds that she thinks it's "just his nerves bothering him".

Flight Logs & Diary - November & December, 1943

I have no more Combat Reports. I may go back to the British National Archives to see if there are any more but I don't think there are. Mom's diary entries are beginning to peter out. There are now gaps in Dad's log book as well. And this does it for 1943.

Flight Logs, Combat Reports & Diary - October, 1943

Dad was able to be in Chester for Mom's 23rd birthday on October 13th. How good is that - for both of them!

Flight Logs, Combat Reports & Diary - September, 1943

Flight Logs, Combat Reports & Diary - August, 1943

This was a very busy time for everyone!