https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/14922/EDonaldsonIDonaldsonDW431216-0002.2.jpg 438c226351088540a81198f1964f80bd https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/14922/EDonaldsonIDonaldsonDW431216-0003.2.jpg 6f8caa63f64bff2d7c3897a91cb43308 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/14922/EDonaldsonIDonaldsonDW431216-0001.2.jpg c439815ceac3e18ff5bc97ca35effc67 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1213/14922/EDonaldsonIDonaldsonDW431216-0004.2.jpg f70dcf5b3d0a072e49bd91748d967af9 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 Donaldson, David David Donaldson D Donaldson Description An account of the resource 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. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. 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 2015-06-02 2022-10-17 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Donaldson, D Grundy, AF Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document XMAS CARD [Stamps] WING/COM D.W.DONALDSON D.S.O. D F C . [deleted] R.A.F FALDINGWORTH LINCOLN[\deleted] DANESHILL FARMHOUSE OXSHOTT SURREY ENGLAND [page break] Written in ….. ENGLISH (No......15/032 Sender's(Rank...F/O (Name...DONALDSON [page break] Dear Willy This is to wish you, Joyce and Anna a happy Christmas and all the rest of it. I hope you manage to get some leave for the occasion. You can tell your wife that this [pointer to drawing of Indian couple in bottom left hand corner of document] is just like India except that the poor woman usually has her family hung all round her as well & there are usually at least four [printed] CHRISTMAS 1943 /printed] P.T.O. [page break] women to each Indian, - so she had better not come out here. But I was forgetting that she is much travelled & knows all these things. We continue to live a peculiar life and have recently become expert in ceremonial drill, our chief diversion in life being the time honoured sport [character deleted] of driving the permanent staff mad. We have only scored one complete success so far but several more have every appearance of being on the verge. How is your distinguished daughter. Let me know sometime, what are her latest accomplishments; I'm sure Joyce can invent some, even if she hasn't any new ones. Also what are you doing yourself. I'm afraid Lincolnshire must be a cheerless place by now? The prospects here are very obscure and range from asst adj down to WOP/AG as far as I can see, in fact almost anything that I know nothing about. Still the shines [?] & bananas are cheap, even if nothing else is, so I don't lose much sleep, (except when wakened by drunken Canadians trying to bathe in the water tank, or Indians gargling in the small hours, or other tropical noises. Have a nice Christmas Love and kisses Ian I am eagerly awaiting the day when Norman appears in Bombay in a topee. But I suppose it's too much to hope for. 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 to David Donaldson from his brother Ian Description An account of the resource Christmas card with seasons greetings and writes of life in India including sports and drill. Catches up with family news. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ian Donaldson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-12-16 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter with cartoon decoration and envelope Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Artwork Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDonaldsonIDonaldsonDW431216 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. India Great Britain England--Surrey England--Oxshott England--Lincolnshire Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-12 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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Language A language of the resource eng Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy RAF Faldingworth