Got up at 0330 to fly a combat mission. Briefed and had just gotten
to the plane about 0600 when they fired red-red flares cancelling the
mission. The target was to have been an airfield a few miles north of Frankfurt. Sat around most of the day playing cards. Practice Mission this afternoon, but the 790th cancelled all their ships that were scheduled for it. For the last week or so there have been numerous explosions around here - rockets, V-2s or Buzz bombs - we don't know which. Most of them land a bit west of the field, but they really are loud and cause some excitement. One broke a window in the mess hall about supper time. Wrote to Louise.