December 14, 1944
Alarm 7:50 a.m. All day bombing and strafing. Planes came over in fours and eights. Some at night. 24 hours alarm and total blackout.
Notes of Raymond Leyerly
November 13-21, 1944
NOVEMBER 13 — Alarm 7:30 a.m. NOVEMBER 14 — Alarm 7:30 a.m. NOVEMBER 19 — Alarm 6:00 a.m. NOVEMBER 21 — Alarm 4:40 a.m.
November 6, 1944
Air alarm at 4:30 a.m. One plane shot down and crashed near Mandaluyong. Exploded and lit up the country side. All clear sounded at 6:29… Read More »November 6, 1944
November 5, 1944
Airraid at 7:30 a.m. Could hear our planes before alarms went. Heavy bombing at Zablan, Nichols, and Neilson air fields. Several dog fights. I saw… Read More »November 5, 1944
October 29, 1944
Twenty minutes of eight — heard planes– spotted eight flying high. Thought they might be Japanese, but the anti-aircraft guns soon let loose and bombs… Read More »October 29, 1944
October 25, 1944
Air alert at 8:30 a.m. Air raid alarm at 11:05 a.m. No planes over Manila –said to have been over Corregidor.
October 24, 1944
Air raid alert went at 5:58 a.m. At 7:20 a.m. our planes came over and started bombing before alarm went. Saw eight planes come out… Read More »October 24, 1944
October 21, 1944
Air alert sounded at 7:48 am. Air raid alarm at 8:30 a.m. One more alert but no planes over Manila. No alarms on the 22nd… Read More »October 21, 1944
October 20, 1944
Two air alerts — 7:05 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. No planes around Manila.