https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/20611/EValentineUMValentineJRM460109-0001.1.jpg 883f3fec37d8c053c06c7ddd6ff67203 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/20611/EValentineUMValentineJRM460109-0002.1.jpg b6671ee58f6ae58fb219aef7b879f9d4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/20611/EValentineUMValentineJRM460109-0003.1.jpg 6e3895eaf95cf663ea8d4a94d42b6deb https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/20611/EValentineUMValentineJRM460109-0004.1.jpg 6d4e28d4293f6dd097b75944549fe7af 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. Jan. 9th I had quite a busy time yesterday afternoon, for me. First of all a man came to the door asking if I had any knives to be sharpened or china rivetted. I didn’t care for his face much but thought I’d try him out with one of our collection of broken plates. He charged 1/3 per rivet, so it was 3/9 for the plate (a small one of the dinner service). However he made a good job of it & I told him I might find him some more if he’d come another day (the reason for stalling him off was, or course, financial) Before he’d gone, Mr J. R. Brown arrived with a ton [page break] 2. of crazy paving and four separate slabs, so I paid him by cheque (£2.10.). Then Mrs Harris turned up to say could she be let off this week because the lady whom she’d been “obliging” over Christmas had sent her an SOS to come again. However she is going to book Wednesdays for me & tell this other lady she can’t go to her again on that day. After all this I finished the ironing & we went out to tea with the Noves. Nothing very exciting, except when Frances piped up at tea time “Excuse me, Mrs Nove, but your hair is hanging down in your eyes.” Later she covered up this gaffe by admiring Joan’s dress, but I couldn’t help [page break] 3. chuckling, for her remark about the hair had been only too true. She rather shook me the other day by singing away to herself “Born is the King of Israel, with his bell.bottomed [sic] trousers, coat of navy blue!” Today the rivetting [sic] gent came again, so as I’d saved 4/6 on Mrs Harris, I gave him the rest of the broken china, one dish, & a plate & saucer of the Suzy Cooper set. [deleted] The [/deleted] He did those (13 rivets in all) for 10/-, so I think that wasn’t bad. Of course in the old days we’d have bought a new service instead, but now its just as well to patch up what we have. Anyway tomorrow is Thursday [page break] and I’ve still got 3/-. Thank you for your letter of yesterday. I note what you say about the insurance & will act accordingly. I hope you’ll do something soon about seeing an M.O. otherwise I have a feeling you’ll stay where you are for weeks and weeks! Joan asked me to tell you that there is going to be a meeting of the incipient Labour Party at Miss [indecipherable name] house on Friday 8 pm, but I held out little hope of your attending. She said they were going to elect the Committee, but would doubtless co-opt others later, so there’s hope for you still! Off to Joanna Michell’s Xmas party this afternoon – what a whirl! Lots of love darling, come home soon. 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 John Valentine from his wife Ursula Description An account of the resource Writes of visit from knife sharpener/china riveter man and delivery of crazy paving. Goes on with other domestic matters and daughter's activities. Continues with another visit by china riveter, thanks him for his letter and encourages him to see MO. Concludes with news of meeting of incipient Labour party. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1946-01-09 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 EValentineUMValentineJRM460109 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1946-01-09 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ursula Valentine 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. ground personnel medical officer