https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/53/419/EBoldyDABoldyAD41XXXX-020001.2.jpg 88c98b691e7b9f5d6dda8f3c6cf8ae9c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/53/419/EBoldyDABoldyAD41XXXX-020002.2.jpg b2445e52522e05cc20c5a4608526c6b5 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 Boldy, David Dave Boldy D A Boldy Description An account of the resource 334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Boldy, DA Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [underlined] R.A.F. [/underlined] 1941 My own darling Dad, Am getting on very well. Have done several trips and feel quite operational – we moved from our last station & came to a new aerodrome. Its miles from anywhere & full of water and mud, also the new commanding officer of the squadron is an [deleted] abs [/deleted] absolute nit wit. We are all browned off with him. Psychologically I should say he has a weak link somewhere. One of the towns near us is very nice & full of life & we have a good time there. Ajan my Pal and I have been on all our raids together. The crew is 100 %. We all had an evening out together the other day thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Met quite a pretty girl at a dance hall she is married – platonic friendship. Went home for a 48 hours ten days ago & had a very pleasant time. [page break] Both Ajan & myself have been recommended for a gunnery leader’s course. If we do really well it means a commission. I don’t mind either way as I am quite happy as a sergeant though I shall try hard. Gunnery Leader’s course consists of fire control i.e. directing the fire of a formation of aircraft also giving lectures to other gunner’s etc. We missed S. Africa terribly at first. It’s not so bad now. Still I think I’ll go there after the war& marry Babe if she is still in the market. Shirley is the girl friend whom I met in Cape Town & and was so decent. Babe is the girl I fell in love with in East London. After a long spell of not going [indecipherable word] much, I have had a real hectic spell lately. Am feeling so tired that I decided to stay into-day. No more to-day. God bless you Daddy. Lots of love [underlined] Dave. [/underlined] 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/. Subject The topic of the resource World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource Letter from David Boldy to his father about being on a new station. Describes the prospect of attending a gunnery leaders’ course. Enjoys working with his new crew. Misses South Africa and mentions two girl he met whilst there, Shirley (Cape Town) and Babe (East London). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Boldy Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text. Correspondence Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EBoldyDABoldyAD41XXXX-02 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 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England South Africa South Africa--Cape Town South Africa--East London Great Britain Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive 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. Title A name given to the resource Letter from David Boldy to his father Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Karl Williams aircrew love and romance training