https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/19863/EValentineUMValentineJRM420406-020001.1.jpg 07acffaef8a13edcc4ce243b389f304f https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/19863/EValentineUMValentineJRM420406-020002.1.jpg f368cc7c1344c05d0b405a9aab1f90c2 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 No 6 Lido Monday 6.4.42 My dearest Johnny, It was lovely to hear your voice this evening, sounding so cheerful & so confident, & to know that the ice is broken, the plunge taken & your first ops trip safely over. May all the others be as trouble-free! The next few months are likely to be the worst for both of us – but of course not so bad for me as for you (unless London gets gas or invasion or both!) but the thought came to me persistently in church yesterday, Easter Sunday, that because of that first Easter we have now, you & I, the sure promise of eternal life together if only we fight a[deleted] fight [/deleted] good fight & cling to our faith. For me that makes things so much [page break] simpler, by taking the sting of fear out. The worst that can happen is that one of us dies & leaves the other to struggle on alone. Admittedly it would be dreary, but even 40 or 50 years here is not much compared to eternity, & it is a glorious thought to me that we are [underlined] bound [/underlined] to win through to each other in the end if we “do our duty to God & the King” Let's hope that we have the next 40 or 50 years here together, & then eternity on top of that. So I wish you good luck, my darling, & send you all my love, now and always, yours Ursula 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 Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine Description An account of the resource Writes it was lovely to hear his voice and that his first operational trip was over safely. Continues that the next few months will be worst for him and she was thinking of him in church on Easter Sunday. Writes of possible future and one being left to struggle on. Hopes that they will have next 40-50 years together and wishes him good luck. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-04-06 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 EValentineUMValentineJRM420406-02 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 Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--London Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-04-06 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 Ursula Valentine bombing faith love and romance