https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23086/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401229-0001.1.jpg 1b39e2dc565f053dd006a89c99a8b194 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23086/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401229-0002.1.jpg 0cb7840613ffc941ec114349d52a2eaf 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 10 Moorside Rd. Kensal Salford 7 England. Sunday. Dec. 29th 1940 My dear Douglas. I am counting the days again now for your next letter, as it is nearly 2 weeks since the last one came & it is such a joy to me to have new of you. Christmas festival is over once again & we all look forward to the New Year with hopes & faith. How I do wish I [inserted] could [/inserted] tell you what is in my heart, but you do understand, don’t you, love, just how I am living for the day of joyous reunion & it is with feeling of deepest thankfulness that we [inserted] can & [/inserted] do look forward. I had a lot of lovely letters at Xmas including one from Mrs Bell at Penyffordd & one from Acacia who is now at Warrington. She tells me she is to be married on Feb. 15th to her former chief at Wrexham, so I gather that she has been working, from patriotic motives, instead of at the lovely little place with which we always associate her. I intend to ask her to come out to see us as soon as it can be arranged, but with very unusual conditions it is not just easy [page break] to make plans. I had such a nice letter from Auntie Una yesterday. She says they often think & talk of you & last week she thought she would like to change places with you as it was very cold here & you know she’s not very fond of winter time. I also had a grand letter from Mrs Baggaley at Langford. She was expecting Mr & Mrs Denver for Christmas. Isn’t it grand to hear their names again. They bring such lovely memories to me & I hope they do to you too. I have not yet sent off any parcels to you as I am at a loss what to send. You will probably know that we cannot send you food or cigarettes & only slab chocolate which is almost unobtainable. So I do hope you are not needing anything specially. You know love I’m trying to write to you while the wireless is blazing out Hi Gang! for the benefit of our young guest. Dad is stoical! You can imagine how he feels about it! I have just written to Auntie Maud Calvert. She seems to be looking forward to going to Mollie on Jan. 10. All love from Mother & Dad. 755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.) Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef. Tunisie Nord Afrique. 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 to Douglas Hudson from his parents Description An account of the resource Still waiting for next letter, two weeks since the last. Longing for time when they are together again. mentions getting a lot of lovely letters at Christmas and describes some passing on news. Writes she has not yet sent off any parcels to him as she is not sure what to send. Not allowed to send food or cigarettes but only chocolate which is impossible to get in England. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource P Hudson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-12-29 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 EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD401229 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 Tunisia--El Kef Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Salford (Greater Manchester) North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-12-29 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