14th April 1941 Easter Monday

Easter Monday. What a night! four alerts , after second one at 11.00pm the sky lit up over airport after a Jerry had flown there very low. The glare illuminated our house, like moonlight and fire engine went racing past. The last alert was at 4.30am when a number of bombs fell around airport, meanwhile a big fire was set burning near Woodbury common. During all this ARP wardens would walk past the gate and stop for a chat. The Woodbury Common was not caused by Jerry but he came along later and dropped bombs on it which did no damage. Marion had a sore throat.