Letter to Don Gray

Letter to Don Gray

His fellow crew member hopes that he becomes operational again.

One double sided handwritten sheet

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EKnappAWGrayDA[Date]-010001, EKnappAWGrayDA[Date]-010002

Dear Junior

Just a few lines, from the only gentleman in the crew, hoping you are getting along okay, and looking forward to becoming operational once again. We shall all be glad to have you back with us, we seem to have the Gremlins with us since we have been flying without you. I wanted to be the first to shoot you a line about the prang we had, but I am afraid I am a little late with the news, it was a peach though, as we were all able to walk away from it in one piece, but it certainly made Dan a bit more careful, he only

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bounces her three times when landing now. Well, Junior, I am not a very good letter [deleted] writing [/deleted] writer but I will improve as time goes on, So Cheerio for now best of luck.

From F/SGT KNAPP & SPAM.

[underlined] Arthur [/underlined]

[inserted] Rear Gunner [/inserted]