https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/20425/EValentineUMValentineJRM450714-0001.1.jpg a50f99b37aef98535e43dfb4df3877e1 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/20425/EValentineUMValentineJRM450714-0002.1.jpg 63c675989a96946a58b5d37a969cdc32 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/20425/EValentineUMValentineJRM450714-0003.1.jpg 53ece13cbfd63ce64cad694177209646 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/20425/EValentineUMValentineJRM450714-0004.1.jpg 5eb52dc279123a6e990e8240228aa65d 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 Start of transcription Felmersham 14th July Darling Johnnie, Thank you for your letter of 12th enclosing one from Allan. I may drop him a line if I get around to it but it doesn’t seem very likely. Anyway give him my kind regards & all that if you see him, I’m sorry to have missed him & hope we may meet again some day. This afternoon is the garden fete in the Rectory grounds, in which Frances hopes to figure in the fancy dress parade as a fairy. She really looks quite sweet in her outfit. Clashing with this is Barbara’s arrival for the weekend, so [page break] 2 I phoned her last night (it took me 1/2 hr to get “8 minutes”) & told her to come to the fete, & have been busy getting supper ready beforehand. I’ll have to take the pram down to the fete with me to carry back Ba’s suitcase. Yesterday we went in to Amersham couldn’t buy most of the things I wanted & got a lot of others instead, including a length of green woollen material reduced from 6 coupons to 2 as it is slightly soiled. I’m going to wash it & hope the marks come out. It’ll make F a dress & me a blouse. I also bought a dozen preserving jars, as [page break] 3. we only have a few & I want to get a decent stock of fruit put by for the winter. I’m looking forward very much to seeing Ba again. She’s staying till Monday, catching the 4.15 from King’s X, so we may possibly go up to town with her for the day, unless she has other plans. Excuse writing getting worse & worse in my hurry. I’m surprised you say Turbett was noisy. I thought him rather a sober young fellow. Lucky chap to be on leave. Glad the cleaning arrived OK. There seem to be no more to be had, worse luck. Will send socks soon. All my love darling, Ursula. [page break] [child like writing and crosses at bottom of the page] 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 John Valentine from his wife Ursula Description An account of the resource Thanks him for recent letter and mentions that she is going to fete that afternoon where daughter will figure in fancy dress competition. This would clash with her sister's arrival for the weekend. Writes of partially successful shopping in Amersham and that she is looking forward to seeing her sister again. Signs off with general banter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-07-14 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Alan Pinchbeck Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four 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 EValentineUMValentineJRM450714 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 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Buckinghamshire England--Chalfont St. Giles England--Amersham Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-07-14 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