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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 [underlined] No. 11. [/underlined] [postmark] [postage stamp] Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Hudson. 191, Halifax Road. Nelson. Lancashire. [page break] Saturday. 1.10 pm. My Dear Mother & Dad, I am starting this letter now & I wish to thank you for your Friday letter just received, acknowledging receipt of my No. 10. Do not bother sending the money from Jaffes, you might keep it and bank it with the other whenever convenient, say at the end of the month. I notice from an earlier letter of yours, that you banked the other money. Thank you for executing this commission. I managed to send off my regd. parcel of laundry last [page break] evening from town so I hope it will reach you by Monday. I enclosed a few etceteras as usual, also some old letters which I would rather you destroyed than me. I don’t like burning letters but I get such an accumulation. I managed to have a shower yesterday & change into my clean things. This also coincided with the arrival of a fresh supply of clean sheets which was quite satisfactory. We went to town last night; had a few beers & then went to the variety show at the Palace. We saw two films earlier in the week, Monday & Tuesday [page break] nights I believe, the first called ‘Stage Door Canteen’ which was poor, & the second film was about a dog & called ‘Lassie Come Home’ [inserted] Sorry [symbol] [/inserted] It would have pleased Mrs. Clayton more than it pleased us. I am glad to learn that there is an improvement in the health of the invalid & I hope this will be maintained. I was glad to hear besides that Mother went to tea with Mrs. Howarth. I think this should be encouraged, whether she is a gossip or not, because I feel her outlook might be different to the average local outlook, if she is encouraged in [page break] the right direction. It has been warmer these last few days & there are signs of spring in the country, but the vegetation is not as far advanced as it was in March last year. I will continue my letter later as there is no collection for mail today, so ‘bye for the present. I am finishing this on Sunday night after having spent an easy day. It was mid-day when I got up as I had been on duty last night. This will be my letter No 11 & I think this will be all for now. All the boys are well & so is Rooster. All my love & best wishes Douglas. [page break] [underlined] Monday 12 noon [/underlined] Thank you for your Sunday letter just received. Yes John is home & is trying to get leave so you should definitely be able to see him. I don’t know what to do. I wondered if I could get a “48” on compassionate grounds, but doubt if they would consider this a compassionate case. However, I feel very excited about it. I haven’t heard any comments about the film called Heaven can wait, so I can only say I hope Mother will enjoy it. I am busy today so must go now. 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 Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents Description An account of the resource Letter number 11. Thanks them for their letter. Catches up on family news and financial matters. Mentions sending laundry parcel which also had some letters that he would rather they destroyed. Writes of having a shower and getting clean sheets. Relates a night out in town and mentions seeing two films. Discusses family health and catches up with family gossip. Says it has been warmer and that there were signs of spring. Completes letter later stating that it was midday when he got up as he was on duty the previous night. 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 1944-03-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Five page handwritten letter with 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-HE440320 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. 1944-03-20 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