Part of letter from C R Phillips to his wife Flora

Part of letter from C R Phillips to his wife Flora

Excerpt (top 2/3rds of first page) from letter home from CR Phillips to F Phillips, whilst stationed at RAF Sandtoft,

Two page handwritten letter

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EPhillipsCRPhillipsF[Date]-02

F/O. Phillips CR.
[air force crest] OFFICERS MESS
R.A.F. STATION
SANDTOFT
THORNE
DONCASTER

My Darling Flora,
Here I am again my dearest, still hoping that you at home are all Well and happy, and that even though things are not as we would have liked them to be, that you are making the best of it. My Darling, I wish deeply [indecipherable words]

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I try to imagine your feelings darling, but I know I fail miserably, I know that you must feel awful towards me I only hope that you never fail to Love me. I am still feeling well darling my cold has practically disapeared [sic] now and the cough has gone altogether. Things are [indecipherable words]