https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23698/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD420618-0001.2.jpg bcd412b1269fb47c0f6766021bc8dbe3 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/886/23698/EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD420618-0002.2.jpg e1eca0e66995bca0893e8dea84c06dad 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.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /> <p>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>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p> 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] 153 [/inserted] [underlined] 53 [/underlined] [inserted] 21-7-42 [/inserted] 191 Halifax Road Nelson Lancs. England. Thursday. June 18th/42 My dear Douglas. When I wrote to you on Monday I told you of cold dreary weather not a bit like proverbial June & I regret to say that the inclement weather continues. Here we are within three days of the longest day & so far we have had about five days of summer weather. But strangely enough in spite of all climatic short-comings the pageant of summer unfolds bringing much joy to me & my garden is a never ending source of pleasure. I have told you how similar it is to the one at Kensal & we have now got it to look more like our own. Dad does the mowing & a splendid job he makes of it too. I’m afraid my little apple tree looks rather feeble & visions of nice juicy apples seem very remote. I told you in a previous letter about the marrow plant. I shall be thrilled to bits if I am able to collect my own marrows. Next Friday the works close for the annual holiday but we shall not be going away except to Manchester. We might just call at No 10 Moorside Road to enquire how things are going there. We have not heard a word from them since we sold the house. I am looking forward all the time to the grand holiday we hope to enjoy together. [page break] I have not yet received the reply to my cable of June 6th but am not really surprised in view of the very distressing news from Libya. I can well imagine that Telegraph services will be fully extended. Your latest letter to us was dated March 11th & I am always wondering how things are going with you. I am glad you have found a real interest in your “Camp Echo” & hope you will be able to keep it going. What kind is your type-writer? The old Oliver is still here tho’ I doubt if it will ever be any use. I wonder if it would be worth trying to sell it, but perhaps it is too obsolete to have any financial value even in war-time. It would be nice to learn that you had received any [inserted] of, [/inserted] or all the parcels. I suppose the Red Cross will notify me when I can send your next quarterly one but what ever to put in it I can’t imagine except socks & shoes. Cable any requirements. My latest book is by Warwick Deeping “The woman at the Door”. Queer title but a very good beginning! Well love there doesn’t seem to be much news to give you. The two snaps enclosed were taken two weeks ago last Sunday to complete the exposure of the roll of film put in last summer. The smile is all for you but was caused by Dad grumbling that my hat covered my face too much & made me look like a black woman. Yes love you have seen the hat before so no rude remarks this time Goodbye once again. 3 days nearer the greatest day. Always all our love & thoughts & prayers. Mother & Dad. 755052 Hudson Camp Militaire Laghouat Algerie North 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 Writes about inclement weather continuing and about the garden. Mentions that works closes for annual holidays the following week but that they would not be going away except to Manchester for a night. Writes that she had not received a reply to her latest cable. Comments on his involvement in camp news. It would be nice to find out if he had received any parcels and assumed Red Cross would let them know when they could send the next one. Mentions book she is reading and that she is enclosing two photographs, 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 1942-06-18 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-HEHudsonJD420618 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. 1942-06-18 1942-07-21 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 Red Cross