Letter from George Judd to Mrs Bint

Letter from George Judd to Mrs Bint

Provides service address at top of letter. Writes describing his current activities in Bournemouth and a little about his course. Mentions his grandmother was doing canteen work in her district and had asked her to look after Canadian soldiers especially as people had been so kind to him while he was in Canada. Mentions problems with mail to and from Canada. Encloses two RAF shoulder badges.

1942-02-28

Four page handwritten letter with envelope and two v=cloth badges

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EXAMINER 3946

[postmark Bournemouth 28 Feb 1942] [postage stamp]

Mrs Birt,
[deleted] 867, Hellmuth Avenue
London [/deleted]

[inserted] 194 Queen St.
Kitchener
Ontario [/inserted]

Ontario [underlined] CANADA [/underlined]

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[postmark LONDON 26 Mar 1942]

FROM:-
PILOT OFFICER GEORGE JUDD
3 PRC C/O Anglo Swiss Hotel
Bournemouth
Hants
England.

OPENED BY

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TEL. CHECKENDON 29.

NUTHATCH,
CHECKENDON,
READING.

[inserted] SERVICE ADDRESS at the moment.

P/O George Judd
3 PRC RAF
c/o Anglo Swiss Hotel
Bournemouth
Hants [/inserted]

Feb 28 1942

Dear Mrs Birt,

Well I have not been posted out of Bournemouth yet, in fact I have managed to wangle another weeks leave since nothing seems to be happening yet. The food is still very good, and still comes in a large quantity, and as we are near the sea with the consequent benefit of the sea air, we all have terrific appetites. But I rather miss Canada and her lights, and so on, and I think if ever the occasion arises that I need a rest, I shall apply for a few months in Canada. In Bournemouth, nearly everything closes at ten o’clock, shows, picture houses, “beverage rooms” and all things like that.

I am [deleted] role [/deleted] now sitting in a very comfortable chair in the lounge, and my tea has just arrived. And I am going on leave in a few days, so am feeling

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very contented. And the radio is “playing” some very good music, though dont [sic] ask me what it is, as I never [underlined] do [/underlined] know these things.

I have been going to shows and dances in the evenings a great deal lately, too often I suppose. But still, I shall not have the chance later on, so may as well seize the opportunity while the going is good. But the trouble about this job is that there is always something which I should be learning or memorising, which might be very useful to know later on. The more experienced even commercial pilots become, the more they realise how much more they have to learn. And we are not experienced at all, and have to know lots of things that they need not bother about.

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I say, please excuse my using a half sheet of paper, we have been told to save paper as much as one can, you see. I went to see Granny last week end, she is doing a lot of canteen work in her district. I asked her to [deleted] be [/deleted] look after the Canadian soldiers especially well, as people had been so kind to

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me in Canada. I am giving her your and Mrs Beckel’s addresses as she want to write to you. I do hope that these letters all reach Canada, but I suppose that that is too much to hope for. But most Canadian mail arrives in England, thank goodness. Please do write now and tell me all about everything, and how is ‘Becks’ eye, and is Mr Birt feeling stronger

Love [underlined] George [/underlined]

Please give my love to all

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[two Royal Air Force badges]