3rd April 1941

Alert for 10 minutes at 5.30. Another plane shot down o our coast this morning. Planted Marigolds and Shirley Poppies. 8.45 sirens wail again, planes roar overhead, hearing 2 bombs fall Marion and I go into hall shelter. A fire is started where bombs fell, they evidently tried for airport, our fire engine just dashed past our house to fire. They recovered one airman, drowned, from plane that crashed yesterday, he had an iron cross, thought to be the pilot, 4 others went down. Plane was salvaged.