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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Madgett, Hedley Robert H R Madgett Description An account of the resource 250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">IBCC Losses Database</a>. 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 2015-03-17 2019-06-14 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 Madgett, H Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [postmark] [postage stamp] Mr. & Mrs. Madgett, 127 Longlands Road, [underlined] Sidcup. [/underlined] Kent. [page break] NO. 1330340. H.R. MADGETT. no. 4 Squadron. No.4 Flight R.A.F. No. 10 I.T.W. Grand Hotel, Scarborough [underlined] [deleted] 22nd [/deleted] [inserted] 21st [/inserted]. June. [/underlined] Dear Mum & Dad, Well, here I am again having jumped the first hedge and first water jump, i.e. Anti Gas exam and Maths exam. I got 79% for Gas, and feel sure I have got passed the Maths. We have not had the result yet, but when we do, they do not tell us our marks, only whether we have passed or not. We have to get over 60%. There were 7 questions and I answered 6, and got all these right. But one very long question [deleted] every [/deleted] most of us [page break] have got the answer different from what our Maths Master makes it, and we are sure we are right. From now on we have navigation lessons instead of Maths, and had our 3rd. lesson this late afternoon. Its very interesting using parallel rulers and what not on big maps, but very complicated. The end of this week has been jolly good, on Wednesday Thursday, Friday & this morning (Saturday) we have been on the sands playing games etc. This morning it [inserted] was [/inserted] very hot, and the weather is fine. Also on Friday afternoon we spent [page break] [underlined] 3 [/underlined] the whole afternoon in sports, each flight competing against the others. I had a go in the 880 yds. and came 4th. Our flight finished top at the end. On Thursday evening we went to the Concert, and we really had a good time. There was a local concert party, and other talent from the R.a.f. [sic] Ronnie O’Dell was amazing at the piano, and they had 3 guitars, an accordian, and later a drummer and oh boy! he was really hot – just like Mickey Rooney. It was a smashing team. One of the Pilot Officers here is Greenwood the Yorkshire cricketer, and [page break] [underlined] 4 [/underlined] Ronnie O’Dell sang a song about him composed by two other A.C.2.’s The chorus was – and what we all [deleted] sh [/deleted] sang (or yelled) was “Boozing, jolly well boozing” which was quite true of him. He’s a good sport, and many references were given to our other officers. Yes, after Church in the morning, we are free on Sunday, but cannot get into the sea or on to the beach as it is barb wired off, and we [inserted] are [/inserted] only allowed there when we all go for P.T. But the water is terribly cold here, but all the same for that would you [page break] [underlined] 5 [/underlined] please send my trunks, or better still if Hilarious uses mine, you could send some new ones, (or could you?) Last week I had a letter from Dr. Bile in answer to mine. He said it was nice of me to write, and all that. Nothing important. Last Saturday, I met Mr. Dellar, now S[deleted]e[/deleted]argeant P.T. Instructor, our old P.T. master at school. He has gone through the I.T.W. and did a few hours flying at the E.F.T.S. but was not suitable, and so chucked out. He is in the Hotel opposite, & is here down here as P.T. [page break] [underlined] 6 [/underlined] instructor and is pretty well browned off. We went to the pictures and spent rest of evening talking about old times. He told me of the little clashes between the masters & Dr. Bile, and the latter did not resign from the Home Guard, but was kicked out as inefficient! My room mate comes from Sevenoaks, but [deleted] a [/deleted] lived in the West End as a policeman. Another, is in another Squadron in the building, and hails from Igtham, Kent, and has a very countryfied accent. Last week I sent my laundry to the private one [page break] [underlined] 7 [/underlined] (Snowdrift), and they did them terribly – not even ironed. Since, I have seen [inserted] what [/inserted] the firm’s (R.a.f) [sic] laundry is like, and they are far better, even the collars starched. Now the trouble is that the Snowdrift laundry is given in on [underlined] Monday [/underlined] and collected clean the next [underlined] Saturday [/underlined], and the R.a.f. [sic] laundry given in on [underlined] Thursday [/underlined], and collected on [underlined] Thursday [/underlined]. I want to switch over to the R.A.F. & so when my Snowdrift things come back clean next Saturday (28th), I will send my dirty clothes to you & then if you [page break] [underlined] 8 [/underlined] can, would you send them back clean [deleted] before [/deleted] to reach here before Thursday [inserted] (July 3rd) [/inserted] I cannot send to private laundry outside here as we don’t knock off till 6.30 p.m. Well, I think that is all for now, so till next time. [underlined] Love from Hedley [/underlined] 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 Letter from Hedley Madgett to his parents Description An account of the resource Writes from Grand Hotel Scarborough 10 I.T.W. about his maths and anti gas exams, and starting navigation lessons. He also writes about playing games on the beach at Scarborough against the other flights, going to a concert, meeting his old school P.T. instructor and laundry issues. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-06-21 1941-06-25 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Eight page handwritten letter and envelope Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EMadgettLR-AGMadgettHR410621 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Kent England--Yorkshire England--Scarborough England--London Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-06 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 Tricia Marshall David Bloomfield Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hedley Robert Madgett entertainment military living conditions sport training