Letter from Glenn Brooks to his Family

Letter from Glenn Brooks to his Family

He writes that letters are arriving regularly and he asks about his family. He has a bicycle and has been using it for long rides. He has been training in night flying.

1944-03-27

A handwritten air letter of two sheets.

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.

EBrooksGWBrooks[Fam]440327-0001, EBrooksGWBrooks[Fam]440327-0002

27 Mar 1944: Hello Everyone
Just a line to let you know I am well and getting along ok. It is Sunday evening 7:30. Has been a lovely day here with lots of sunshine.
I haven’t been very busy today. Went to church in the station this morning and had a very good sermon.
Hope this finds you all in the best of health at home. Glad to hear you are having very good luck with your chickens when I last heard from you. The mail is doing very good now. I have had two letters from you this past week. One came over in 10 days. Hope you are receiving my mail. I received a parcel from Dora as well a box of chocolates and 300 cigarettes from Uncle Harveys. Thank them for me. I must write them some time.
I expect you will [be] getting ready to start the Spring work at home. The crop[s] are mostly all in over here. The fall wheat looks wonderful in their country. How is it over there?
Hope dad’s health holding out for the work this year. Suspect help is still as scarce as ever?
I haven’t received the Statesman as yet. I don’t know what the holdup can be.
I have a bicycle now and use it around the camp quite a lot. I have a day off on Wednesday and intend to cycle about 30 miles to the town near here with the rest of my crew1. I don’t know how my legs will stand up. The bicycles are different over here. They have a gearshift on the crossbar which works on the hind wheel and gives 3 different speeds, so you can change gears on the hills.
I am doing a lot of flying at night now2. We are up for 5 or 6 hours at a time. They really give us an intensive training over here. I will be taking a commando course3 when I finish here.
I think it would be Bob Scott Gwen saw at the Good Year dance. I received a letter from him and Jack Conner last week. They are on the commando course in Quebec. [They] Will soon be over here. Jack is a Sgt Bombardier and Gordon Scott is over here now, a navigator.
Will say so long for now. Be safe and write.
Love Glenn