https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23318/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410813-0001.2.jpg c44a4afd0af0f6f38534431c8b516bcb https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23318/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410813-0002.2.jpg e218eba5c08c946e2c6fb9b4c9a33cfb 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 [inserted] 59 [/inserted] [inserted] 5.9.41 [/inserted] 191 Halifax Road Nelson Lancs. England. Wed. Aug. 13th./41 My dear Douglas. I posted a letter [inserted] to [/inserted] you on [inserted] Sunday & [/inserted] Monday 4 letters from [inserted] you [/inserted] arrived first post. You can well imagine my great joy. The letters, two from Medea & two from Aumale, dated May 25th/29th/June 2nd/6th/. It is really surprising how differently the letters travel. They are all by Air Mail, but as you see some have been a long time on the way. I love to have your letters but I do wonder if it is worth spending your precious allowance on Air Mail stamps when the letters take so long. It would be different if I could send you the stamps or the money to buy them yourself. I have just been writing to Mrs Bowers. I know how deeply grieved you will be to know that Harry went out on his last journey on August 14th/40. It was two weeks after you were reported missing that I was able to send the money from [one indecipherable word] & by return post I had the sad news about Harry from his Mother. For two weeks we shared a common sorrow & she came to visit me at Kensal. - said it did her good to come to see me - & she [page break] seemed very delighted when you were reported safe. But she still grieves & hope has now gone too. Alec. Buckley made his last journey too. but I have not heard about Norman Marian. Norman Giblin got the D.F.M. about 3 weeks ago. A week later he was reported missing. So you can imagine, can’t you, love, just how thankful I am to be able to write to you & [inserted] to [/inserted] have your dear letters & though very many things are irksome & trying, at least we have the joy of hope of glad reunion one day. Yesterday Auntie Gladys & Bernard were here for the day & I got the impression that Bernard was intensely bored & they both complained of being cold. Really the day was not an unqualified success. Auntie [deleted] W [/deleted] wants us to spend Dad’s holiday weekend Sept 5th. to 10th. with her but we are not very particular. Shall let you know by cable if we do go. I was very much interested to learn about your puppy & baby jacket but should become a bit nervous as the baby grew bigger. Does it eat the same kind of food as the puppy? The food question for animals is a problem here & it is a punishable offence to give them meat fit for human consumption. The meat ration for adults is 1/- a week per head so you will imagine there’s not much to throw about. Yes, Dad has got “interested” in the pipe now & has his weekly ration of 1oz tobacco & the usual cigarettes & is jolly lucky to be able to get them. They are not so fortunate at Thornhills. Well, love, I wonder if your thoughts go back from this week to 2 years ago. Such joyous memories. Did you remember a year ago yesterday - our last ride in the Rolls, together. Such a mixture this week of happy & sad memories but we’ve got our hopes too! Thank God! All our love Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Chef Hudson Camp militaire Aumale [deleted] Alpiere [/deleted] [inserted] Algerie [/inserted] N. Africa 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 Had just received four letters from him, all by airmail but some had taken longer than others. Worried about cost to him of airmail. Passes on sad news of loss of friend. and news of others missing and awarded medals. Catches up with family news, events and plans. Comments on the content of his letters about baby jackal. Mentions meat ration, fathers pipe smoking and tobacco ration. 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 1941-08-13 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-HEHudsonJD410813 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. Training Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Algeria Algeria--Sūr al-Ghuzlān Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-08-13 1941-09-05 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 Alan Pinchbeck home front prisoner of war