Took off with the dawn over Casablanca, up the coast of Portugal & Spain, past occupied France, over the Guernsey island & to the tip of the Cornish peninsula. Landed at Newquay - a former resort town and is it ever nice. We were expecting to be Jumped enroute by J.U. 88's & had the turrets loaded & manned but no incidents. It was beautiful weather - 100 mile visibility all the way.
It is cold and damp here in England but really beautiful - the quaint old structures of brick & stone look almost like castles overlooking the surf pounding on the rocks below. All of England is surrounded by a cliff about 300 ft. high.
Here we have no Army quarters so we are quartered in a hotel which is really wonderful. Beautiful women for waitresses and good food makes it wonderful. However this British monetary system is driving me crazy.
Stanfield & I went to a movie in the evening - had to elbow our way down the narrow pitch black streets - not a light showing anywhere. Henry Aldrich, & Laurel & Hardy were on.
The 1944 Journal of WWII Pilot Bill Callison. Follow the adventures of Bill as written in the daily journal he kept. While this is 64 years after his entries into the journal his mother gave him for Christmas in 1943, you will be able to experience WWII England and France. This is truly a family treasure that I am sure you will enjoy.
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