17 Oct 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Tue, 17 Oct 1944
Fine, warm. NE wind.
Cookhouse & wood chopping.
Air raid alarm 4pm. All-clear 4.45pm nothing doing but Jap patrols.
Excellent news re Battle of Pacific which has been going on since Mon 9th. Germans evacuated Athens. Big battle around and in Aachen. Civil war in Spain. Rommel dead.
With Steve pm.
Plane over 9.35pm W. to E. & heavy explosion occurred 7 mls E. Plane flew W. to E. two or three times between then & 2am 18th but no more bombs were dropped.
