https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/10933/NHudsonJD151001-010009.1.jpg abe9caf524ed0c9754820b5a7cc8f671 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hudson, Douglas James Douglas Hudson J D Hudson Description An account of the resource 529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-16 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Hudson, JD Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document LANCASHIRE MEN AMOUNG D.F.C. AWARDS One hundred and sixty-nine D.F.C.s and thirty D.F.M.s are announced. They are awarded to British and Dominion officers and airmen “who have completed in various capacities many successful operations during which they have displayed high skill, fortitude and devotion to duty.” Among the awards are the following: D.F.C. F/O J.E Parkinson. R.A.F.V.R. (Kendal). F/O L. Roberts R.A.F.V.R. (Burnley). F/O C.W. Shires, R.A.F.V.R (Lancaster). P/O H.N. Broadbent. R.A.F.V.R.(Cartmel). P/O W.J. Graham, R.A.F.V.R. (Barrow-in-Furness). P/O J.D. Hudson, R.A.F.V.R. (Nelson). W/O F.Edmonson, R.A.F.V.R. (Halton). Twenty-one-year-old Flying Officer Leslie Roberts was educated at Walter-Street School Brierfield, and Burnley Technical College. He enlisted for air crew in 1941, received his commission in 1943, and is entitles to wear the ribbon of the 1939-43 star. He was formerly on Brierfield Mulls office staff. His mother lives at Sackville-Street, Briefield. Flying Officer John Eric Parkinson, aged 30, enlisted for air crew in 1941, and after training in South Africa, he was commissioned in 1943. He is entitled to wear the ribbon of the 1939-43 star. His home is at Kendal. Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson aged 28, is a Nelson man who went to Skipton and Manchester Grammar Schools. He was commissioned in 1944 after service in the ranks. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lancashire men amongst D.F.C. awards Description An account of the resource List of names awarded Distinguished Flying Cross including Pilot Officer J D Hudson. Notes he was commissioned from ranks in 1944. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One newspaper cutting Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NHudsonJD151001-010009 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lancashire Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Claire Monk Distinguished Flying Cross promotion