https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/666/18018/EAkrillWEAkrill[Mo]420324-0001.jpg 7cd3b2400fd2d23e4ded61006f20c9a5 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/666/18018/EAkrillWEAkrill[Mo]420324-0002.jpg 59ebd5883f717fdd232ef9935e9135a3 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 Akrill, William Billy Akrill W Akrill Description An account of the resource 132 items. The collection concerns Sergeant William Akrill (1922 - 1943, 1436220 Royal Air Force). He was a navigator with 115 Squadron. His Wellington was shot down by a night-fighter on an operation to Essen and crashed into the Ijsselmeer 12/13 March 1943. The collection contains his photographs, letters, and cartoons as well as an oral history interview&nbsp; with Michael and Ann Akrill about their uncle. There is also a subcollection of letters written as a teenage boy to his father in hospital. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Michael and Ann Akrill and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on William Akrill is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/200183/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/akrill-we/ ">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 2017-12-04 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 Akrill, M-A Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document No 1436220 L.A.C. Akrill, 2 Flight, D. Squadron, No 1 E.A.O.S. Eastbourne. Sussex. Tues. 24.3.42. Dear Mum, Found your letter waiting when I got back from posting the parcel. Thought I’d better let you know that the 8.20 will be quite O.K. on Friday. We’re only allowed to travel by rail on presenting passes and are only allowed on certain very infrequent trains & [underlined] all [/underlined] travelling is stopped from April 2 – 7 I think we have to catch the 5.13 from here. It will be a rush but believe me I can do it! It will give me plenty of time to get to Kings X. Just because its my one study free night I’ve been bagged for duty tonight & although it’s a glorious evening I have to stay in. [deleted] so [/deleted] Anyway I can get some letters written. I’ve got Auntie Nellies finished. Had a letter from Annie B. She says that the Thompson baby is to be called John or Jane & then makes [deleted] a [/deleted] one of her fine remarks that [deleted] these [/deleted] fine names are too common these days & the aristocracy chooses simple ones! Old Brindle one of the old flight from Theale who followed me to Brighton arrived strangely enough in the same hotel the other day. He’d managed to get posted by a wangle & left the other lads still down there. I must say I was lucky to get away so very early. [page break] Gosh that chunk of cake [underlined] was [/underlined] good! Talk about luxuries! Haven’t started of [sic] the almond one yet but it won’t last long when I do. I’ll bring my bag for some pig-cheer as I know you’ll not know what to do with it. Poor old Harry. He does seem to be in for it. I think he’d better come back with me to the “Queen of Watering Places” for a rest cure, though you can’t even rest here these days with tanks & barbed wire & things. It’s supposed to be one of the healthiest spots in England. Sorry to hear about Auntie. Unless you hear anything else I’ll be off that train at Newark about 2300 on Friday & look out for Mary. I must say its very nice to have a sister who’ll turn out at that hour to meet me. Love to all Bill 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 Bill Akrill to his mother Description An account of the resource Describes difficulty of travel by train due to restrictions. Has very little free time. Catches up with home news of family and friends. Hopes to be home on Friday. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-03-24 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter 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 EAkrillWEAkrill[Mo]420324 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 Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Sussex England--Eastbourne (East Sussex) Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-03 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 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource William Akrill military service conditions training