https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23389/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD411105-0003.2.jpg f24277df950f6de9741c954badfdb53d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23389/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD411105-0004.2.jpg 842df7b90abb774181330e00dfafa7f2 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23389/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD411105-0001.2.jpg 021c739dab3dd35b2793e35f56aa9940 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23389/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD411105-0002.2.jpg 92d8cf50ae9165677f9f2ef871d7edd3 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 [postmark] [crest AIR MAIL PAR AVION] [postmark] [four postage stamps] Kriegsgefangener Post 755052 Sgt. J. D. Hudson Interned British Airman Camp Militaire Laghouat Algerie Afrique du Nord [page break] From Mrs Hudson 191 Halifax Road Nelson Lancs England [stamp 17] [postmark] [inserted] 9-12-41 [/inserted] [page break] 191 Halifax Road Nelson Lancs. England. Wed. 5/11/41 My dear Douglas. I will write a few lines to you whilst I try to thaw after my freezing duties upstairs. Winter has come with a rush & as you know I don’t care for it very much. Already I’ve got a nice little chilblain on [underlined] top [/underlined] of my [indecipherable word] toe & its not very comfortable. Dad’s cold is now practically better & I’m at the stage when my head feels like a balloon & my teeth many sizes too big for my mouth. But don’t think I’m ill with it – just one other little thing sent to try us. Well love yesterday afternoon was lovely with bright sunshine so I spent 3 busy hours tidying up the garden & planting strawberry plants & bulbs. The plants were got in Nelson on Saturday but Dad & the weather were neither of them fit for gardening so yesterday was a nice opportunity to plant them with lots of hopes but not a great deal of faith – the plants look very shrivelled little things & its difficult to believe that they [underlined] may [/underlined] produce fine luscious fruit for next summer. The bulbs we got at Yates’s when we were in Manchester nearly a month ago. I think it is the same firm from which (or whom) you bought guano about 3 years ago, but its not the same [page break] shop. That shop just isn’t there but Manchester is still very dear to my heart & I’ve wondered many times if we made a mistake to sell the house at Moorside Rd. Dad & I are quite happy here – the house is so high & we do love the open surroundings but some how I cannot visualize you here at Nelson. Of course there’s the house at Worsley – at least we hope it will be there if we want it, but one never knows these days! Well love I know just how sorry you will be that we are not getting letters from you at present. It is six weeks last Saturday since the last one arrived & if it were not for the precious cables we should be very anxious. I do hope we shall soon have cheery happy news from you. A letter from Mrs Clayton invites us for this weekend but I don’t want to go, for many reasons. Can you imagine Dad & Mr Clayton enjoying a week-end together? On the back of the envelope is written “John home on the 13th. Wants you to come then”. We wouldn’t spoil his precious bit of leave if we knew of it. Poor lad! I feel so very sorry for him with all his hopes & ambitions apparently wasted. Perhaps it will turn out for the best in the end. Now love I must resume my household duties (ironing this time) so Goodbye to you once again. With all our love & thoughts & prayers from Mother & Dad. 755052 Sgt. Hudson Camp Militaire Laghouat Algerie Afrique du 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 Comments on cold weather and their health. Writes of working in garden and of shop in Manchester where they bough bulbs. Likes their new home and surroundings. Six weeks since they got a letter from him and they would be very anxious except for cables. Mentions letter from acquaintance and passes on news. 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 1941-11-05 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-HEHudsonJD411105 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. Algeria Algeria--Laghouat (Province) Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Nelson North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-11-05 1941-12-07 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