https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23012/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440511-0002.2.jpg c242ad80272405635641a6949cc8825e https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23012/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440511-0003.2.jpg 6cc04da69df78490193dc9f6541fa92a https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23012/EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE440511-0001.2.jpg e2f28127a6d35b92a35f1c1e8195197c 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 20 [postmark] [postage stamp] Mr. & Mrs. H. E. Hudson. 191. Halifax Road. Nelson. Lancashire. [page break] Letter No. [underlined] 20 [/underlined] Thursday. 1.20 pm My Dear Mother & Dad, I am writing this letter to you just after lunch. I got up at 11 am. having been on duty last night. Quite a light duty in fact I enjoyed, [inserted] it [/inserted] it was a piece of cake & gave me great satisfaction. The boys & Rooster are all O.K. Tonight I expect we shall be going over to the Sgts’ Mess Party after dinner, so we should have a good time. The weather today is really lovely & I am feeling quite restored as is Jack Ham. No I did not develop a sore throat & I am sorry to hear that Mother has been troubled with one. I hope it will be better now. Your Wed. letter arrived this lunch time. I hope Dad will not develop my technique if he continues [page break] delivering the hats to ladies. Does he stay to make sure they fit? I paid my Mess Bill (£4-10-0) in cash yesterday. This afternoon I have to go to Pay Accounts. Probably it is something to do with my pay. Mortimer got his through a few days ago & he was commissioned about ten days before I was. I am glad to hear that Mother’s spring cleaning activities are now over & I hope she will be able to rest. I arranged for my laundry to go to the laundry today & also I am having the furniture in my room moved round so that the bed will be near the window. There have been [underlined] no [/underlined] changes here since I got back from leave. ‘Bye 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 20. Had just woken up at 11 am after being on duty previous night which he wrote was a piece of cake. All the boys were OK. Says they will go the sergeants mess party that evening. Comments on weather, health and catches up with news. Discusses mess bill and pay issues. Concludes with domestic news. 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 1944-05-11 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-HE440511 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. 1944-05-11 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