Letter to Constable McNamara from HQ Rhodesian air training group
Title
Letter to Constable McNamara from HQ Rhodesian air training group
Description
Informs him that his brother Laurence McNamara was now officially presumes killed in action on 17/18 December 1942.
Date
1943-08-23
Language
Format
One side typewritten letter
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Contributor
Identifier
EAOCRhoTraGrpMcNamaraVC430823
Transcription
Reference No. 3000/1692/P.3.
Headquarters,
Rhodesian Air Training Group.
P.O. Box No. 1379.
[underlined] Salisbury. [/underlined]
23rd August, 1943.
Dear Constable McNamara,
It is with regret that I have to inform you that owing to lack of news and any evidence of survival of your brother 80193 Flying Officer Lawrence Gerard Lyons McNamara, the Air Ministry have now officially presumed his death to have occurred on the night of the 17/18th December, 1942.
May I take this opportunity of once again expressing [missing word] most sincere sympathy in your great loss.
Yours sincerely.
[signature]
[underlined] AIR VICE MARSHAL: COMMANDING.
RHODESIAN AIR TRAINING GROUP. [/underlined]
Constable McNamara,
British South African Police,
[underlined] U M T A L I. [/underlined]
VAB.
23/Aug.
Headquarters,
Rhodesian Air Training Group.
P.O. Box No. 1379.
[underlined] Salisbury. [/underlined]
23rd August, 1943.
Dear Constable McNamara,
It is with regret that I have to inform you that owing to lack of news and any evidence of survival of your brother 80193 Flying Officer Lawrence Gerard Lyons McNamara, the Air Ministry have now officially presumed his death to have occurred on the night of the 17/18th December, 1942.
May I take this opportunity of once again expressing [missing word] most sincere sympathy in your great loss.
Yours sincerely.
[signature]
[underlined] AIR VICE MARSHAL: COMMANDING.
RHODESIAN AIR TRAINING GROUP. [/underlined]
Constable McNamara,
British South African Police,
[underlined] U M T A L I. [/underlined]
VAB.
23/Aug.
Collection
Citation
Commander Rhodesian Air Training Group, “Letter to Constable McNamara from HQ Rhodesian air training group,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 21, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/43595.