https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/20627/EValentineUMValentineJRM420507.1.jpg f918e833fae0aa9ac36c0a757afef9fa 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 Lido, Thursday May 7th My dearest Johnnie, I'm afraid I've been very bad in not writing to you yesterday. I had a hectic day spring-cleaning the dining room. I washed the walls while Florence did the floor. I carted all the books & the carpet out into the garden & afterwards carried them all in again. In the afternoon I had to take Frances up to the Clinic for her second dose in the anti-diphtheria treatment, & afterwards went to tea with Mrs Hazard, so that I didn't get all the books back on to their shelves again till about 7.30! this afternoon we have been basking in the garden again & Frances has had a glorious time with a bowl full of water on the lawn, in which she had her rubber fish, a cotton reel, wooden spoon & various sorbo balls. I've got considerably damp, as you can imagine, so I took her clothes off & let her have a sunbath for 15 minutes in her birthday suit & sunbonnet. She did look adorable! Thanks for your most welcome P.C. received yesterday, & a letter today. I'm so glad you are to play tennis, & hope you can get some practice so that you will be on form. I must pop down to post now or I shall miss it. All my love to you, dearest, & good luck! Yours always, 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 apologising for not writing but had been busy spring cleaning. mentions taking daughter to clinic and other activities. Thanks him for post card and letter and glad he is getting in some tennis. Illustration of man with basket on head at top and men by castle wall at bottom. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-05-07 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One 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 EValentineUMValentineJRM420507 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--London Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-05-07 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.