Letter to Les Pickford's Mother from RAF Record Office

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Title

Letter to Les Pickford's Mother from RAF Record Office

Description

The writer promises to clear up a confusion caused by a telegram received from the International Red Cross.

Date

1941-09-06

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One typewritten sheet

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Identifier

EOCRAFRecOffPickfordA410906

Transcription

Telephone No.: { SPRINGWELL (GLOUCESTER) 2261

RECORD OFFICE,
ROYAL AIR FORCE,
GLOUCESTER.

Telegraphic Address:
RECORDS TELEX, GLOUCESTER.

Any communications on the subject of this letter should be addressed to:
AIR OFFICER i/c RECORDS,
[italics] Address as opposite, [/italics]
and the following number quoted:- C7/551653
Your Ref.:

Dear Madam,

I am in receipt of your letter of recent date, a copy of which has been passed to the appropriate department of Air Ministry, who will endeavour to clear this matter for you.

The information contained in my letter of the 28th August 1941 was based on a telegram received from the International Red Cross Society.

I am,

Dear Madam,

Your obedient Servant,

[signature] W.O.

for Air Commodore,
Air Officer i/c Records,
ROYAL AIR FORCE.

Mrs. A. Pickford,
41 Broadlea Road,
Kingsway,
[underlined] LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER. [/underlined]

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Citation

Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Record Office, “Letter to Les Pickford's Mother from RAF Record Office,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 7, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/42527.