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                <text>58 items. The collection concerns Andrew Bain (1916-1943, 658930, Royal Air Force). He joined the British Army in September 1939 and transferred to the RAF in October 1941. He was killed in action 23/24 August 1943. Collection includes: observer's logbook, pay book, photographs (some loose, some in album), letters (numerous), brevets and badges, medals, ribbons and BC Clasp. Includes correspondence received by Andrew's widow Isabel following his death and a list of his effects. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Additional in formation on Andrew Bain is available via &lt;a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/201025/"&gt;the IBCC Losses Database.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Lorna Aitchison Howieson and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.</text>
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                <text>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.</text>
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            <text>[Air Ministry letterhead]&#13;
BAIN/658930/7.K.Cas.  5th. April, 1944.&#13;
&#13;
Madam,&#13;
[underlined] 658930 Sergeant A. Bain. [underlined]&#13;
&#13;
With reference to the temporary allowance of 40s.9d a week at present being paid to you by this Department, I am directed to inform you that in consequence of the official presumption of the death of your husband, payment of the allowance, as such, will cease as from the [inserted] 18 [/inserted]th May, 1944.&#13;
&#13;
After that date, the question of your title to a pension will be a matter for the Ministry of Pensions who will be communicating with you in the near future.&#13;
&#13;
In these circumstances, I am to request that you will be good enough to return your present allowance book No. FAJ.291465 in the enclosed envelope immediately after you have cashed the order due on the 11th May, 1944.&#13;
&#13;
Mrs. J.D. Bain,   /Any&#13;
31, Stirling Drive,&#13;
Burnside,&#13;
Glasgow.&#13;
[crest]&#13;
[page break]&#13;
Any communication you may wish to make regarding payment of pension should be addressed to the Ministry of Pensions, Norcross, Blackpool, Lancs.,&#13;
&#13;
I am, Madam,&#13;
Your obedient Servant,&#13;
B K Griffins.&#13;
for Director of Accounts.</text>
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