https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22734/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420717-0001.2.jpg 8875988460e666965bb743b5a7bc6873 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22734/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420717-0002.2.jpg 73a5709aff8e7d61d690ecc22d0ea7a6 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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 Royal Air Force 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson c/o Consul General des Etats Unis Rue Michelet Alger. Algerie Afrique de Nord. 17-7-42 My Dear Mother & Dad, I was very pleased to receive two letters yesterday, one from you dated June 12th and one from E.W.T.[?] dated May 24th. In his letter, Ernest mentions not having received a reply to his cable (date not stated but presumably sent for my birthday). This cable never arrived in Laghauat. The only cables I received were yours & three from Calverly which I acknowledged in my reply telegram to you dated May 21st & which you have since received. Perhaps you would tell E.W.T. I am writing to him also to explain, & in the meantime send my best wishes etc. I am wondering if some of my cables sent in June have not reached you, because Tony received a telegram today from his mother to say that four of his cables arrived on one day. During the month of June there was a mix up all round but I believe the position has been considerably clarified since & that the cable system is running smoothly once again. In your letter yesterday about three lines were blacked out and it was quite impossible to even surmise the gist of the sentence. You say that June proved to be a very cold month and that you both had been suffering from very bad colds. I do hope you are better now. We heard terrible reports about the effect of the heat in Laghauat, how civilians were evacuated to Medeci[?] for the summer and that the birds dropped dead from the trees on account of the heat. Rumour had it that faces[?] became drawn at the end [page break] of the summer and that it was pretty grim generally. Well it has been hot, about 115F in the shade for some days, but I believe the peak has been reached, and everybody is bearing up jolly well. One just does not do anything between midday & three o’clock out of doors. Our room is one of the best ventilated in the camp. Three windows & a large door & five us us occupying the room. Three chaps are sleeping outside at present so that leaves only two inside at night & we have fixed netting over the windows to exclude the flies by day. The Canadian Red X has sent a terrific consignment of food & our tea position is greatly improved if only we could obtain fuel. We have to scrounge any old thing to burn. Please concentrate on socks in your parcels, I have only one pair, also shoes size 7, because my footwear is in a very perilous[?] state. It doesn’t matter much in summer because most people go about barefoot. [indecipherable word] of your parcels are as yet to hand. The times taken [inserted] to arrive [/inserted] do vary considerably but on the average three months is taken, especially for clothes parcels sent via the Red Cross. We put in a request to a Y.M.C.A. representative who visited us recently for a terrific quantity of books. I asked for one on the Man.[sic] & Production of Cotton Textiles, and in the meantime I am trying to polish up in Commercial[?] French. It sounds horribly like “digging in” but believe me I’d drop the lot like hot coals of the day if release came prematurely. Wonder what the circumstances of our homecoming will be? Like you both I am just living for that day. So until then all my thoughts are with you & I send all my love & wishes. 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 Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents Description An account of the resource Discusses mail and cables and reports that problems with cables have been sorted and system should now be running smoothly. Catches up with news from home mentioning they had both had bad colds. Writes about weather at Laghouat believing that it had reached peak. Comments on how they cope with the heat including sleeping arrangements. Mentions that Red Cross have sent large consignment of food and tea situation was greatly improved if only they could get fuel. Ask them to send socks as he only has one pair and footwear. Discusses time taken for clothes parcels to arrive and comments that his were not yet to hand. Mentions asking YMCA rep for more books. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J D Hudson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-07-17 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 EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE420717 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. Algeria Algeria--Laghouat (Province) Algeria--Algiers North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-07-17 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 prisoner of war Red Cross