3 September, 1940
Dear journal,
I have only been here a few weeks and already I am beginning to feel alone.William's plane crashed yesterday. Thank god he had been flying at low altitude, otherwise there would have been no chance for him. He was still in pretty bad shape when we took him out of the wreckage though.The doctors say he will be fine but that it will take some time for him to recover, so i am not allowed to visit him yet. I'm just glad he's alive.I must say though, these Hurricanes are really something. Super speed and excellent firepower, exactly what we need to defeat the German Messerschmitts.The Luftwaffe have been getting rougher these days.There's been a rumour going round that Goering is planning a visit to meet his men.I still cannot believe the nerve of the Germans. Targeting military forces and factories in war time is understandable but to actually bomb helpless and completely innocent civilians is just plain revolting, although you could not expect any less from these Germans. Every night we have to fly out over the cities, to look out for any Luftwaffe that might have it in for our families, but it seems that the more of us that go out there, the more we hear of civilian bombings.This past week has been better though. This new Radar thing that they've developed is truly revolutionary, and it's giving us hope that we might bring this war to an early end, and that is good news for all of us. Now if only we all could live to see the end of it. Unfortunately, that is impossible but there is always room for hope. Each day before I fly, I wonder if this will be my last flight, but once I'm up there i can only feel adrenaline rushing through my body.I am grateful for this feeling because it is probably the only thing apart from my family that keeps my hope up, that soon i will be able to return home. |
