Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father

Title

Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father

Description

Catches up on mail and news from home. Mentions weather getting cold and all aircraft winterised. Comments on issue of battledress, mentions buying a radio, and listening to BBC. Writes of going to local dance with two WAAF. Comments on receiving parcel from the United States and decision to stay on camp for Christmas. Still doing lots of flying on Bolingbroke.

Creator

Date

1942-12-09

Temporal Coverage

Language

Format

Three page handwritten letter and envelope

Rights

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Identifier

EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]421209

Collection

Citation

E L Ellis, “Letter from Lewis Ellis to his mother and father,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 13, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/43063.