https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/19970/EValentineUMValentineJRM420821-0001.1.jpg 048e6f5931cd75c4bb51e8b8faf64073 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/19970/EValentineUMValentineJRM420821-0002.1.jpg cb3cfde9c576d905a50b67f5095e5369 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 August 21 1942 No. 16 Dearest Johnnie, [circled] 1 [/circled] I don't know whether you can answer this before I send off your next parcel, Sept 30th, but I wondered whether you'd like to have your Rolls razor sent, or an ordinary safety razor. Please let me know. Also [circled] 2 [/circled] Please mention in one of your postcards that you'd like your P.O.S.B. book returned to me. At present it is held by the central depository & I should feel happier to have it safe in the 'black boxie', & they won't give it up without your written authorisation. It may so easily go astray in a great place like that, I'm afraid. [circled] 3 [/circled]. Would you be interested in making a rug for the floor of our future home? I haven't gone into all details yet, but I believe I could send you the materials, and it is fairly simple to do, would keep you busy for a bit & would be grand for the future home, which so far has only one small Persian rug to clothe its floors. I'll be making enquiries this end & of course won't take up space in your precious parcels with mere canvas & rug wool until you are supplied with all necessities in the way of clothing. I have now dug up half the potatoes, quite a good crop tho' partly worm or slug eaten. Yesterday I picked 2lbs blackberries from our bush - have bottled them with applies. Our fire-watching [page break] [underlined] PRISONER OF WAR POST [/underlined] [post mark] Sergeant J.R.M. VALENTINE PRISONER OF WAR NO.: 450 CAMP NAME & NO.: STALAG LUFT III COUNTRY: GERMANY FROM: (SENDER'S FULL NAME & ADDRESS) Mrs J. R. M. Valentine Lido, Tenterden Grove Hendon, London N.W.4. [underlined] BOTTOM PANEL [/underlined] duties are getting stricter, we now have to sit up dressed, raid or no. The heals had a mouse in their kitchen the other night & you've never heard such an uproar. At last I went in to help them & Papa eventually finished it off amid squeals & screams from Joy. Mrs N. wouldn't go into the room at all! We're going out to tea with Bish today at his digs. All my love dearest 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 to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula Description An account of the resource Asks whether he would like her to send razor and to mention that he would like his post office savings book to be returned to her as she need his written authority for this. Asks whether he would be prepared to make a rug if she sends him materials. Concludes with news of digging up potatoes, fire watching duties and mouse in a neighbour's house. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-08-21 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Margaret Carr Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Tow sided handwritten letter card 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 EValentineUMValentineJRM420821 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 Poland Poland--Żagań England--London Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-08-21 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 civil defence firefighting prisoner of war Stalag Luft 3