Letter to Marg and Morris Smith
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Letter to Marg and Morris Smith
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Letter from Donald, says thank you for their letter, oranges and haircream, comments their flying had been cancelled because of the poor weather. He describes the sensation of flying and recommends it. Hopes he passes the phase examination.
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Three page handwritten letter
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EBrownDASmithM-N4209XX-01
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[postage stamp] [postmark]
Mr & Mrs Morris Smith.
13, High Street,
Langford,
Biggleswade.
[underlined] Beds. [/underlined]
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[Royal Air Force crest]
Dalcross.
Inverness.
Thursday evening.
Dear Marg & Morris,
Many thanks for your letter received today. Who is the unknown talent in The Home Guard do you know as its jolly good. They seemed to have had a good time anyrate so I suppose they will soon be off again. Morris had better join the R.A.F then he can enjoy himself all the time. I am sorry I forgot to mention about the oranges but you know how much I enjoyed them. The haircream was intact thanks it has just about saved my live [sic] for if it hadn’t have come I would have had to shave my hair off. I [sic] was very decent off [sic] Albert to write wasn’t it. I do hope he is O.K. You seem to have had
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quite a do at Langford last Thursday. I only hope that this time next year will see all this over. We were flying today or should have been but the weather was so rough it had to be cancelled. I was not sorry I can tell you as it was rather a wee bit bumpy. We are flying tomorrow and Saturday. It’s a marvellous thrill really you cannot realise what its like until you have tried it. I used to think that dashing along in the old Lincoln was a thrill but its nothing compared with diving & twisting at 250 m.p.h. Norris must try it sometime & I am sure father would love it. You don’t realise what you are missing. On Sunday we are taking our intermediate
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examinations. If [underlined] only [/underlined] I can pass these it will be a step nearer but if I don’t I suppose I will just go back to a ground job. Well I must close and do a bit more swotting up.
Cheerio.
Your loving brother
[underlined] Donald [/underlined]
XXX
Mr & Mrs Morris Smith.
13, High Street,
Langford,
Biggleswade.
[underlined] Beds. [/underlined]
[page break]
[Royal Air Force crest]
Dalcross.
Inverness.
Thursday evening.
Dear Marg & Morris,
Many thanks for your letter received today. Who is the unknown talent in The Home Guard do you know as its jolly good. They seemed to have had a good time anyrate so I suppose they will soon be off again. Morris had better join the R.A.F then he can enjoy himself all the time. I am sorry I forgot to mention about the oranges but you know how much I enjoyed them. The haircream was intact thanks it has just about saved my live [sic] for if it hadn’t have come I would have had to shave my hair off. I [sic] was very decent off [sic] Albert to write wasn’t it. I do hope he is O.K. You seem to have had
[page break]
quite a do at Langford last Thursday. I only hope that this time next year will see all this over. We were flying today or should have been but the weather was so rough it had to be cancelled. I was not sorry I can tell you as it was rather a wee bit bumpy. We are flying tomorrow and Saturday. It’s a marvellous thrill really you cannot realise what its like until you have tried it. I used to think that dashing along in the old Lincoln was a thrill but its nothing compared with diving & twisting at 250 m.p.h. Norris must try it sometime & I am sure father would love it. You don’t realise what you are missing. On Sunday we are taking our intermediate
[page break]
examinations. If [underlined] only [/underlined] I can pass these it will be a step nearer but if I don’t I suppose I will just go back to a ground job. Well I must close and do a bit more swotting up.
Cheerio.
Your loving brother
[underlined] Donald [/underlined]
XXX
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Donald Brown, “Letter to Marg and Morris Smith,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 15, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/36869.