https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22501/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410117-0001.1.jpg b31d4b2aeac390537c5956bca9b18076 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22501/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410117-0002.1.jpg c609f3bfdb094e628878b8cfb89cf648 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 LANCASHIRE. [post mark] PAR. COMITE INTERNATIONAL DE LA CROIX ROUGE. AFENCE CEBTRAKE DES PRISONNIERS DE GUERRE. GENEVE SUISSE. [inserted] F.M. [/inserted] MR. & MRS. HUDSON. [deleted] 10. MOORSIDE ROAD. KERSAL. SALFORD 7. [/deleted] ANGLETERRE. [inserted] 6 Walverden Cres NELSON [page break] SGT. CHEF. (755052) J.D. HUDSON. CAMP DE SEJOUR SURFEILLE LE KEF. TUNISIE. AFRIQUE DU NORD. 17-1-41 My Dear Mother & Dad, Thank you very much for 3 letters dated 1st. 5th & 8th Dec. received this week, also one from John. This is the only thing I can use as a p.c. I was surprised to hear about Dorothy. I am very glad to receive all your letters. Write by air mail also, it only takes 3 weeks. It is good to hear that all is O.K. at home, & I hope it won’t be too long before we are together again. I am still keeping well & am looking forward to the days of freedom. Every best wish for Mother’s birthday on Sunday. Hope everything will continue well. All my love, Douglas. 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 Postcard from Douglas Hudson to his parents Description An account of the resource Reports arrival of three of their letters. Catches up with family news and is glad they had received his letters. Glad that all is well at home and hopes it will not be long before they are together again. Writes he is still keeping well. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-01-17 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Handwritten postcard 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 EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410117 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. Tunisia Switzerland Switzerland--Geneva Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Tunisia--El Kef Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-01-17 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource James Douglas Hudson 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 Jan Waller prisoner of war Red Cross