https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/19486/EValentineJRMValentineUM441013-0001.2.jpg bc923322d95981842f1189d0a39a59f1 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/19486/EValentineJRMValentineUM441013-0002.2.jpg a7cea348e00409e18d752de8bf0f8907 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 Valentine, John John Ross Mckenzie Valentine J R M Valentine Description An account of the resource 674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945. He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni 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 2018-09-06 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 Valentine, JRM Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document 15thOctober 1944 STALAG LUFT III Darling Ursula, Your letters from you – 14th & 21st May, 19th June & [underlined] 4th Sept [/underlined] !! Series now complete to end May. How I wish they would arrive as regularly as written. I was delighted to have them – each has been read four times already & the photos most carefully studied. How beautiful are Frances & her gracious mother - I love them both so much. The gent. whom Grunfeld says I met is my Father’s contact. Frances is left handed is she? What a pity she is not a boy for its quite an asset at some games! What service is Carol’s father in – the censor always obliterates all references, of course I don’t mind them using our bed. But I’m excessively jealous all the same. Your “feminine society” is not quite so undiluted as our masculine. Please tell your Aunt Car of my sorrow at hearing of Mrs Hoare’s death. I really am grateful for her kind gifts & hoped one day to be able to meet her & say so. If you are to be disappointed if I do not audit you’re a/cs. I shall do so gladly & thoroughly. My aim when I get home is to make you happy in any & every way possible. You certainly deserve a little attention from me after all these years of neglect. Bless you for all you’ve done & the positively heroic way in which you’ve acted single handed. You chide me about our apparent inconsistency of financial outlook but you mistake my point. I wish you, if poss, to live well within our income so that when I return & commence consuming a part of it you wont suffer hardship by finding less available each for yourself & I. At the same time I urge you to invest every cent (if poss) in building up our home – so don’t laugh at me please! I’m delighted (hugely) at the purchase of the extra land & out houses. Congratulations darling. Could I have a description & sketch of the complete garden now. Thanks to your earlier sketches & the photos I have a fair idea of the “property.” Your letter of 4th Sept was a great relief. I’d been worrying a lot about you & ‘F’ during the [indecipherable word] months. I note it was written from Devon. Have you been there long? What have you done about the house? I forgive your crack about further writing being a “waste of time” because I think you meant it. Had you intended it to be sarcastic I’d have been mortally hurt but I see that like so many others here you were unduly optimistic about the duration of the war. I wasn’t but that hasn’t prevented me from being very depressed these last weeks. They have been & still are the worst of my captivity. I cannot see the end yet & am still unable to while away much time with my fiddle. Fondest love John. [page break] 144 34 [underlined] Kriegsgefangenenpost [/underlined] [stamp with the words GEPRUFT 139] Little Close Devon Rd. An M[underlined] rs [/underlined] U. M. VALENTINE [deleted] FELMERSHAM [/deleted] Salcombe Devon Empfangsort: [deleted] BOTTRELL LANE [/deleted] Strasse: [deleted] CHALFONT ST GILES [/deleted] Kreis: [/deleted] BUCKS [/deleted] Land: ENGLAND [underlined] Gebuhrenfreil [/underlined] Landesteil (Provinz usw.) [stamp containing crown PASSED P.W. 5894] Absender: Vor- und Zuname: W/O John VALENTINE Gefangenennummer: 450 Lager-Bezeichnung: M.-Stammlager [deleted] 357 [/deleted] LUFT III [underlined] Deutschland (Allemagne) [/underlined] 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 John Valentine to his wife Ursula Description An account of the resource Number 177-34. Reports arrival of many letters and joy of photographs. Catches up with family/friend news. He talks about their finances and of her purchase of extra land and out buildings. He tells her how depressed he has been and how she was unduly optimistic about the duration of the war. He ends by saying that the last few weeks have been the worst of his captivity. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-10-15 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Margaret Carr 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 EValentineJRMValentineUM441013 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. Bomber Command Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Buckinghamshire England--Chalfont St. Giles England--Devon England--Salcombe Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-10-15 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 John Ross Mckenzie Valentine prisoner of war