{"id":1599,"date":"2022-04-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2022-12-15T15:40:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T15:40:12","slug":"10-april-1941-thursday-belfast-1941-blitz-diary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/10\/10-april-1941-thursday-belfast-1941-blitz-diary\/","title":{"rendered":"10 April 1941 (Thursday) \u2013 Belfast 1941 Blitz Diary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Belfast Telegraph was filled with stories of the Blitz on 7\/8 April. David Dixon, a former Great War veteran, was in bed with an incendiary came trough the roof. He picked it up and took it outside. He was \u2018badly\u2019 burned as he took it downstairs and threw it in the street. He said that he now had a bucket of water ready and some sand so he was \u2018prepared for the future\u2019.<a id=\"_ftnref1\" href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-gfedd8f\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e6 section-gfedd8f gutentor-element gutentor-element-image\"><div class=\"gutentor-element-image-box\"><div class=\"gutentor-image-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"normal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/BT-10.4.1941-p.6.png\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also carried an in-depth account of the \u2018downing\u2019 of the German Heinkel during the raid. It was the 11<sup>th<\/sup> kill of the pilot who shot down the bomber.<a id=\"_ftnref2\" href=\"#_ftn2\">[2]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"section-g532b9d\" class=\"wp-block-gutentor-e6 section-g532b9d gutentor-element gutentor-element-image\"><div class=\"gutentor-element-image-box\"><div class=\"gutentor-image-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"normal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/drtomstours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/BT-10.4.1941-p.5.jpg\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ABOUT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between 7<sup>th<\/sup> April and 6<sup>th<\/sup> May 1941, four aerial bombing raids on Belfast killed over 900 people, injured 1,500 and damaged about half of the city\u2019s homes. Thousands were made homeless and over 100,000 residents fled to the country. This period in Belfast\u2019s history has become known as the Belfast Blitz. To mark the 81<sup>st<\/sup> anniversary, key events each day over the Blitz period are being retold here on this website and also on Twitter (@drtomstours).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <em>Belfast Telegraph,<\/em> 10 April 1941, p.6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> <em>Belfast Telegraph,<\/em> 10 April 1941, p.5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Belfast Telegraph was filled with stories of the Blitz on 7\/8 April. David Dixon, a former Great War veteran, was in bed with an incendiary came trough the roof. He picked it up and took it outside. He was \u2018badly\u2019 burned as he took it downstairs and threw it in the street. 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