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                <text>309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter.&#13;
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            <text>ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE&#13;
[Post mark]&#13;
&#13;
W/Cdr. D.W. Davidson [sic] D.S.O. D.F.C.&#13;
R.A.F. Station&#13;
Warboys.&#13;
Huntingdon&#13;
[page break]&#13;
AIR MINISTRY,&#13;
ADASTRAL HOUSE,&#13;
KINGSWAY, W.C.2.&#13;
18th  May&#13;
[underlined] My dear David [/underlined]&#13;
I heard of your achievements on my birthday! Nothing nicer could have come to me on this day.&#13;
Whether you like it or not; it makes me even more proud of you.&#13;
God bless you all three.&#13;
[underlined] Yours [/underlined]&#13;
Padre&#13;
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