https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22947/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440221-020002.1.jpg 81091b0182edbec4fb397600d350eb7f https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22947/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440221-020003.1.jpg d0d2ba238215e2bee2d97d2790d24d65 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/22947/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440221-020001.1.jpg 4f828f7868a48861b95d5cbf9e2a4ac9 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 No. 5. [postmark] [postage stamp] Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Hudson. 191. Halifax Road. Nelson. Lancashire. [page break] [underlined] Letter No. 5. [/underlined] Monday. 8.30 am. My Dear Mother & Dad, What a time to write a note! The reason is I am just off duty & am going to bed. I wish to tell you I am O.K. as are the boys & unless I write to you right now I shall be too late for the post when I get up later today. As I have no mail from you to acknowledge I will not make this a long letter because I am very tired at the moment. [page break] Expect there will be news from you later today. Cheerio for now. All my love & best 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 Letter number 5. Just off duty and going to bed. Says he got up late but has had no mail from them. Stops as he is very tired. 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 1944-02-21 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter and envelope 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-HE440221-02 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 Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Lancashire England--Grimsby England--Nelson Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-02-21 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 Tricia Marshall