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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 [underlined] 11th letter [/underlined] No. 1330340. L.A.C. H.R. MADGETT. (Course 33) No. 32 E.F.T.S. R.A.F. Station. Swift Current, Sask. [underlined] 21st. Nov. 1941 [/underlined] [inserted] Recd [underlined]8th Dec [/underlined][/inserted] Dear Mum & Dad, You will be pleased to know I have got through the final exams O.K., my average mark being 77.6%. My actual marks for each subject were Airmanship 167/200: Airframes 86%: Aero Engines 88%: Signals 70%. Theory of Flight 66%: Navigation 134/200: Armaments/Aircraft recognition 165/200. The next good news is that I am going on twins to Medicine Hat. Bill Girdwood is going to Moose Jaw for singles, but most of my room pals are going to M.H. The Moose Jaw crowd are going tomorrow, but we are staying on till Wednesday and Thursday, on which days we are flying the kites to Bowden, a 450 mile trip, to where the whole unit is moving. No doubt we shall land at Medicine Hat, Lethbridge perhaps, Calgary & then Bowden, to gas up. From Bowden we shall go to Medicine Hat. To save delay in the mail, which is bad enough now, I think it would be better if you addressed letters from now on to:- No. Rank. Name. 34 S.F.T.S. RAF Station Medicine Hat. Alberta. [page break] [underlined] 2 [/underlined] The weather at the moment is pretty foul; there is a blizzard blowing, and when out in it, your exposed face freezes solid. We have not been issued with any scarfs or balaclavas, and the gloves we have are no good, so I would be glad if you could send some of these comforts over, made of really thick wool. It was an ordinary day yesterday as far as weather goes and saw from a daily bulletin in the Post Office that in the morning it was 140, the highest being 240 for the day. How would you like that? On Wednesday night, we had the farewell dinner; and oh boy what a time we had! It was held in the Healy Hotel, the officers’ hotel down town. The menu was: Cream of Tomato – White Fish – Roast Country Turkey, Baked Potatoes, Creamed peas, carrots, cabbage – Tutti Fruitti [sic] – Fresh Fruit Fruit Cake and Tea. After the dinner, the merriment started. How we all got home afterwards we don’t know, but we do know we had awful hangovers in the morning, during which morning we had to fly. For the first time, I did not want to go up, but after 15 mins. dual, my instructor whose picture I enclose, sent me up solo. To keep myself from dozing off, I resorted to low flying and developed a new technique, i.e. flying along on top of the railway line into deep cuttings. You can just get your wings in between the two banks. [page break] [underlined] 3 [/underlined] With this snow, it is very easy to get lost when you are up, as all landmarks are blotted out. The glare is also very strong and tiring for the eyes; for this I have bought, as most others have, a pair of good antiglare glasses. I have just received your 5th. letter, the first one for ages from overseas. So please write often as letters are the most welcome things in the day. Thanks for the picture of Mary. I guess I shall have to write to her now. Talking of pictures, could you send me some of me in your next mail as I want to send a row away signed. There last two weeks I have been mending colossal holes in my socks. Gosh what a long, long job! Such a long time doing such a little. With Love from [underlined] Hedley [/underlined]. P.S. On the radio, they have just said the conditions of the highways – almost every[deleted]one [/deleted] highway is blocked. P.P.S. When you receive one of my letters with a photo in please let me know what picture it was - & then I won’t send the same one twice. What was the first picture? [page break] [inserted] Recd [underlined]8th Dec [/underlined][/inserted] [postmark][postage stamps] Mr. & Mrs. L.R. Midgets, 127. Longhand Road, Sidcup, [underlined] Kent [/underlined] [underlined] ENGLAND [underlined] VIA AIR MAIL [page break] This envelope approved by the Canadian Post Office Department for [underlined] AIR MAIL ONLY [/underlined]. Use for other purposes not permitted. 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 Written from Swift Current and states he has passed examinations and gives scores. Writes that he is pleased to be going Medicine Hat on twins along with most of his room mates. States when he is moving and but before that they are redeploying aircraft to Bowden Alberta. Provides new address at Medicine Hat. Goes on with account of winter weather and clothing required. Gives account of farewell dinner and flying next day. Concludes with catching up with news and mentions photographs Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-11-21 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three 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-AGMadgettHR411121 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. Canada Alberta--Innisfail Alberta--Medicine Hat Saskatchewan--Swift Current Great Britain England--Kent England--London Saskatchewan Alberta Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-11-21 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Steve Baldwin 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hedley Robert Madgett aircrew military living conditions pilot training