https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23530/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD420112-0001.2.jpg f7f9f667b849e020a86b8136b2891f74 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23530/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD420112-0002.2.jpg ad75593554c5ab175ebe74bf45a4ea83 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] 106 [/inserted] [inserted] 10-2-42 [/inserted] [underlined] 5 [/underlined] 191 Halifax Road Nelson Lancs. England. Monday 12/1/42 My dear Douglas. This is a very cold winter day, heavy & grey, with every appearance of snow. I wonder if it is cold with you too & always I am wondering if you have warm clothes & food. How I do wish I could have more frequent letters from you. The last one, written on Sept 17th arrived with 5 others (dating from August 24th.) four weeks ago today. It is strange to have these long delays in deliveries. At one period I had quite a regular supply of letters. It is a very great privilege that we can use the cables & the one I had last Thursday had only taken a few hours to get here. Well love I never seem to have any thing interesting to write about. The days just pass quickly away & we know that each one brings us nearer the peace we so earnestly long & pray for & often I picture to myself the joyous reunion which we so eagerly await. I don’t think you will care very much for this house – it is very small but very comfortable for Dad & myself & as we are only renting it for the ridiculous sum of 30/- weekly – we shall [page break] probably be able to get something more commodious if necessary. The situation is very pleasant & this morning the “lake” in front of the house has a deep border of ice & looks quite attractive. Now a few flakes of snow are falling. We took several snaps in the late summer & [inserted] now [/inserted] wait for a snow scene before exposing the rest of the films. I’ve often wondered if you got the calendars. One, a big one sent ordinary mail & one each, book mark calendar, in separate covers by air mail for you & Tony. Also, of course, ordinary Christmas cards. I have no further news of John since writing to you last week when he was at the old place. “Cousin Fanny” was coming from London to stay with Mrs Clayton last week. I wouldn’t like to be staying there at present. Won’t it be cold? That is one thing we do appreciate about this house. It is so warm & the bathroom is like a green-house. We had a very disturbed night on Saturday & I was so thankful that Dad was at home. He doesn’t get upset like I do. It is a good thing. Now the snow is falling properly & perhaps Dad’s new Wellingtons will be useful after all. We were warned to expect severe conditions here so I persuaded Dad to get a pair of rubber boots, but he’s not very thrilled with them. Well love my page is used again so it is Goodbye once more. Always all our love & thoughts & prayers are with you. Mother & Dad. 755052 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 Writes of cold winter weather, wonders if he has warm clothes and food and wishes she had more frequent letters from him. Strange to have long delays as in the past they got letters regularly. Every day brings them closer to peace. Does not think he will like their small house but says they are comfortable. Continues with chat and wonders whether he got the calendars she sent. Catches up with news of friends. Concludes with family gossip and comment on snow. 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 1942-01-12 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-HEHudsonJD420112 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. 1942-01-12 1942-02-10 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