Letter from Ron Dewey to his father
Title
Letter from Ron Dewey to his father
Description
He apologises for not writing more often. He is now flying in Lancasters. He finds Wigsley a bit dull and Lincoln very quiet.
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Date
1943-04-10
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Spatial Coverage
Language
Format
One handwritten envelope and four handwritten sheets
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Contributor
Identifier
EDeweyRDeweyEW430410-0001, EDeweyRDeweyEW430410-0002, EDeweyRDeweyEW430410-0003, EDeweyRDeweyEW430410-0004, EDeweyRDeweyEW430410-0005
Transcription
[postmark LINCOLN 18 Apr 1943]
[postage stamp]
Mr E.W. Dewey,
10 Summerhill Rd,
Saffron Walden
Essex
[page break]
SERGEANTS’ MESS
ROYAL AIR FORCE
WIGSLEY
NEWARK
NOTTS
TEL: SPALFORD 241
Dear Pa
Just a few lines to let you know I am still keeping well. I am afraid I have been a long while before writing to you but spare time has been almost absent this last couple of weeks. I knew you would get all the news from Audrey. Well we are flying our long awaited Lancasters now, they are worth the waiting too believe me. It’s a lovely feeling to see four fans turning & know that one or even two can stop without causing undue inconvenience. The first night landing we did was made on three engines owing to the boost on the fourth sticking at +4 so we had to feather it. Jimmy said he hardly noticed any difference
[page break]
This place still seems lowsy, [sic] even more so now we can’t get out of it at all. I shall certainly be a prize walker by the time I leave here. It takes 20 mins to get from the flights to the billets, even when its walked at a Dewey speed.
We did get one day in Lincoln when we got here, its not a bad place but very old & quiet. We expect to be leaving within the next week or so, we may be able to scrounge some leave when we got to our new place, I certainly hope so.
How is everything at S. Walden still as quiet as usual I suppose, its surprising how often one wishes that one could get there when one is away from it. How is the garden going, any more unusual vegetables sprouting at the moment. I am pretty sure it was you I saw in the garden the other Saturday when
[page break]
we flew over, it is a bit difficult to recognise anyone from up there but I think it was you.
How is the darts progressing I am getting a bit out of practice lately but hope to get some in in time to give you a game when I get home.
Tell miss [sic] Thaxter & Fred I am very sorry I didn’t send them a card at least for their birthday but you know what my memory regarding dates is like, pretty hopeless.
When I get to my station would you send on the local paper to me to enable me to keep up to date with local events.
Well I really don’t know what to write about, I am
[page break]
afraid this place doesn’t provide much in the way of things to write about, so I think I will close for the time being with love from your everloving son
Ron
P.S. Give Fred, Miss Thaxter & Nell my love & tell them I hope to be seeing them soon
[postage stamp]
Mr E.W. Dewey,
10 Summerhill Rd,
Saffron Walden
Essex
[page break]
SERGEANTS’ MESS
ROYAL AIR FORCE
WIGSLEY
NEWARK
NOTTS
TEL: SPALFORD 241
Dear Pa
Just a few lines to let you know I am still keeping well. I am afraid I have been a long while before writing to you but spare time has been almost absent this last couple of weeks. I knew you would get all the news from Audrey. Well we are flying our long awaited Lancasters now, they are worth the waiting too believe me. It’s a lovely feeling to see four fans turning & know that one or even two can stop without causing undue inconvenience. The first night landing we did was made on three engines owing to the boost on the fourth sticking at +4 so we had to feather it. Jimmy said he hardly noticed any difference
[page break]
This place still seems lowsy, [sic] even more so now we can’t get out of it at all. I shall certainly be a prize walker by the time I leave here. It takes 20 mins to get from the flights to the billets, even when its walked at a Dewey speed.
We did get one day in Lincoln when we got here, its not a bad place but very old & quiet. We expect to be leaving within the next week or so, we may be able to scrounge some leave when we got to our new place, I certainly hope so.
How is everything at S. Walden still as quiet as usual I suppose, its surprising how often one wishes that one could get there when one is away from it. How is the garden going, any more unusual vegetables sprouting at the moment. I am pretty sure it was you I saw in the garden the other Saturday when
[page break]
we flew over, it is a bit difficult to recognise anyone from up there but I think it was you.
How is the darts progressing I am getting a bit out of practice lately but hope to get some in in time to give you a game when I get home.
Tell miss [sic] Thaxter & Fred I am very sorry I didn’t send them a card at least for their birthday but you know what my memory regarding dates is like, pretty hopeless.
When I get to my station would you send on the local paper to me to enable me to keep up to date with local events.
Well I really don’t know what to write about, I am
[page break]
afraid this place doesn’t provide much in the way of things to write about, so I think I will close for the time being with love from your everloving son
Ron
P.S. Give Fred, Miss Thaxter & Nell my love & tell them I hope to be seeing them soon
Collection
Citation
Ron Dewey, “Letter from Ron Dewey to his father,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/32704.