https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22425/E[Author]DHudsonJD420806-0001.jpg 7df1dc77fed2f354e2e5188bf103765b https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22425/E[Author]DHudsonJD420806-0002.jpg 7e7be34cbb4932ae7fc0451e3b4f677b 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 Hudson, Douglas James Douglas Hudson J D Hudson Description An account of the resource 529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database. 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 2015-06-16 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Hudson, JD Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [inserted] 1-9-42 [/inserted] Tel. 99 Idle. Hill Cote, 148, Carr Road, Calverley, Leeds. 6th August 1942 My dear Douglas. Here we are once again with the weekly news letter. Now let me see, where did we leave off? Oh yes! Here we are! 31:7:42. I was very busy at work, of course & didn’t get home till 8.0 p.m. After my dinner I dashed off to a choir rehearsal & called in at the Mechanics Inst. to see how they were getting on with the filling[?] of scenery & what not for our play 1:7:42. Busy at work again. Home 4.0 p.m. Had a rehearsal at 6.0 p.m. It went very well & the scenery being there was a great help to the actors. 2:7:42. Another rehearsal at 2.0 p.m. This time our dress rehearsal. I went to Eric’s to tea & at night, I was singing in a duet for Chapel. A very festive occasion!! (I was knocking at the knees throughout the whole performance!) I went back to Eric’s to supper & was home at [page break] about 11.15 p.m. 3:7:42. We had a day’s holiday, [indecipherable one or two words]. So in the morning Eric & I decided we go up the ldr[?] at the top of our staircase, you know[?] a hole[?] in the ceiling affair. We found all sorts of long lost treasures, but were we dirty when we’d finished!! In the afternoon we just [indecipherable word] about in the house, It was pouring with rain, & at night we went to the pictures to see “Reap the Wild Winds” with Paulene Goddard & Ray Millard[?]. Another lovely picture in technicolour. 4:7:42. Back to work again and at night – the play. It went off splendidly & the hall was simply packed, in fact they turned some people away, I believe. I was playing opposite a married man, so was quite safe -! I THINK (?) 5:7:42 Busy at work & at night went to the pictures again to see “My two husbands”. Sounds alright doesn’t it? Actually it was a bit daft, but quite enjoyed it. That’s my news up to tonight so much close now, in case Mr Censor[?] is impatient. Bye bye Doug. Be with you next Thursday Lots & lots of Love Dorothy XXX 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 Douglas Hudson from Dorothy Description An account of the resource Weekly update written as daily diary between 1 July 1942 and 5 July 1942 and including one entry for 31 July 1942. Covers activities and news of family and friends including work and rehearsal for play, Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-08-06 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 E[Author]DHudsonJD420806 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--Yorkshire England--Leeds Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-07 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sue Smith