https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23148/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410218-0003.1.jpg d566bfed5f9bde0770bad459b316311d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23148/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410218-0004.1.jpg 3de81b4420504cd3af4a0ee4d8fdc89c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23148/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410218-0001.1.jpg 6c0484187b5abc24d69cf1784932d8a3 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23148/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410218-0002.1.jpg b44ff23a8dcc9c63468d5ed398c086af 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 Prisoners of War Post. [inserted] 27 [/inserted] [inserted] 18.02.41 [/inserted] [postmark] 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson Camp de Sejour Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes El Kef Tunisie Afrique du Nord [page break] From Mrs Hudson Cranford Scotland Road Nelson Lancs. [inserted] 9-4-41 [/inserted] [postmark] [page break] [inserted] 27 [/inserted] Cranford CRANFORD Scotland Road Nelson Lancs. Tuesday. 18/2/41. My dear Douglas. I hope by this you have had my cables & you must be wondering what it [inserted] or they [/inserted] all means. Dad finished at Buckley’s on Oct 17th & after four months similar to the days of the Riley has at last got fixed up at Nelson. Last Wed he started here & I went on to stay with Auntie Gladys. But Dad got very good rooms here & sent for me to join him in this beautiful house with a very pleasant garden & grand views. Whether Nelson will eventually become our permanent home or not I cannot say – that is in the lap of the Gods - & I shall keep you posted up about what happens. You must not worry about us. We are all right & whatever vicissitudes arise we know that it is war-time & there are changed conditions everywhere. – except at Calverley. They just go on in the same old way only perhaps more so. Dad & I spent a few happy hours with Uncle & Auntie Una on Sunday. They, at any rate, are not changed & spoke so kindly of you. You remember how we used to say “The way to a Mother’s heart is through the child”. I wonder very often if you’ve got most of the letters [page break] which have been sent to you. I was very distressed that you should have been kept in such suspense about us here but we were always told that we could not cable or get in touch with you any way, but through the ordinary postal services, aided by the good offices of the Red Cross. I am sending this letter by Air Mail (tho’ the G.P.O. say it won’t make more than 2 or 3 days difference) & do hope you will receive it safely. We were puzzled indeed to learn that some of you boys had got letters by Nov. 29th. I wrote to you immediately on receiving your first letter on Nov 6th & of course since then have resumed my regular writing of 2, 3 & sometimes 4, letters a week. As I write to you [inserted] today [/inserted] snow is falling & it is bitterly cold. I am always thinking of you & do hope you [inserted] are [/inserted] happy as possible under the extraordinary conditions of war time. It is two years today since Marjorie was married. Little did we dream of the events that now make up our life & aren’t we just glad for all the happy memories. King’s bought the B.S.A. for £20 the day before we came away. Another letter very soon. All love from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef. J. D. Hudson Camp de Sejours Surfeille S/courert Commandant D’armes Le Kef Tunisie Afrique de Nord. 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 Catches up with family news and activities. Possible that Nelson will become permanent home. Wonders if he is getting any of their letters. Sending this letter by airmail. Had heard that some internees had got letters already. They sent their first as soon as they got his first to them. Concludes with gossip. 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 1941-02-18 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 EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410218 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--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-02-18 1941-04-09 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 prisoner of war