https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2200/40094/EDarbyCAHWellandJ441125.1.pdf 208f2727a232d3e4c690f0910083fe0c 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 Darby, Charles Arthur Hill Darby, CAH Jack Darby Johnny Darby Description An account of the resource 203 items. The collection concerns Charles Arthur Hill Darby (1915 - 1996, 154676 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs, documents and correspondence. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 186 Squadron. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Richard John Darby and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-02-02 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Darby, CAH 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. Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [postage stamp] [postmark] Miss J Welland, 7, Queens Drive, Surbiton Surrey [inserted] 25-11-44 [/inserted] [page break] F/o. J. Darby, 154676, Officers Mess R.A.F. Station Syerston Notts. Friday. My darling Jean, Was so pleased to receive your letter today. We had just finished flying and were going to have a late lunch at 3 o/c That’s one trouble with flying the meal-times are irregular the day before we did’nt get anything from 8 AM breakfast until 4.30 lunch, boy, was I hungry! We’ve been into Nottingham once, [page break] 2/ we had a wet dingy [sic] drill to do, for once the water was quite warm and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. After the swim we stayed in the town, first of all had a meal (most important) then went to the flicks to see Betty Grable in Pin.Up Girl, was pretty lousy but we endured Miss Grable’s curves for an hour or so. We then decided to have just one drink for the road that’s when the trouble started, there seemed an endless line of pubs to the bus stop, we finally caught the last bus, the inbetween [sic] time I will descretely [sic] pass over, to crown all things we were on early flying, doing [deleted word] corkscrews and [page break] 3/ such things, not very kind to our stomachs I must say. Shall be interested to see that letter that Aunt Lill wrote, I think it would be a good idea to frame it and then when you start nagging me I’ll just trot it out and remind you what a marvellous husband you have, don’t you think its a good idea? When I was in Nottingham I had a look in the furniture shops, really prices are terrible, so afraid we shall even have to follow the sugar box your Mother is going to use as a table, have you discovered any way of getting the remaining [page break] 4/ knife and fork? Am afraid the parcel from home has disappeared the same way as your cigarettes, expect someone thought it contained a watch being small, bet they had a shock, a razor and two blades! The war news seems pretty good, we are progressing slow but sure, Jack has been asked again if he would like to do the job I was talking about on leave but nothing definite has been settled, he did very well in his exams so thats quite a help. Well my dear this is all for the moment, take care of yourself and roll on next leave! Remember me to Mother & Dad. All my love, darling Jack 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 from Jack Darby to Jean Description An account of the resource He has been to Nottingham for dinghy training and visited the town. They went to the cinema then had many beers before returning to camp. Two of her parcels have gone missing with cigarettes in one and a razor in the other. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jack Darby Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-11-25 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Nottinghamshire Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two double sided handwritten sheets and envelope Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDarbyCAHWellandJ441125 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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-11 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Liz McElwee aircrew entertainment RAF Syerston training