https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/53/515/EBoldyDABoldyAD410707.2.pdf 964bcbbcc662abeec96ace8ffbaf563a 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 923995. Sgt D.A.Boldy. R.A.F. 7th July. [inserted] 1941 [/inserted] My darling Dad, We are very near the end of a long trip. By the time we get home it will have taken us just over six weeks, more than double the trip out. The voyage at the beginning was very comfortable but later on we picked up a lot of evacuees, consequently we lost our cabins etc things became very crowded. Anyway we are nearly home now so it doesn’t matter. Though it has been rather boring on the whole we have had a fairly amusing time. We called at Gibralter [sic], a most unusual direction from the normal route whatever that may be. Gib was very interesting I bought a few things there for Mum. I was able to cable for your birthday after all & drop the short air-mail letter also. Shall post this letter as soon as we get home. Will also send you a birthday present when we set foot on terra firma once again. I shall miss my little girlfriend, Babe, but it can’t be helped. The first part of the trip we spent in playing cards, reading & drinking, the second in reading [page break] and fixing my photograph album. It is nearly complete now and looks awfully nice. I have stuck the photos in, then drawn a white pattern round the snaps & have written appropriate explainations [sic] opposite the snaps. It looks jolly snappy too. I shall have finished it before I get home. At Gibralter [sic] we hired a kind of [two indecipherable words] & went to the frontier. It was most interesting. Not knowing the place at all, at one stage of the journey we thought we had passed the frontier into Spain, did we panic. It was only imagination on our part. We were allowed ashore every other day & after going ashore a few times, & buying all the necessaries I did not go ashore any more. A couple of us went swimming in the sea near the ship ever day. It was grand fun & we are as brown as berries now. – Sorry my ink has run out. We had a spot of bother a couple of days ago. A couple of enemy aircraft dropped a couple of bombs which missed by a fair margin then dashed off. We still have spotting duties every day now instead of once a week as formerly. To-day for the first time it has not been calm. There is a biggish swell though I am not feeling sea-sick, I am certainly not feeling terrific. Mum will be awfully pleased with the stuff I am taking home. Have bought some [page break] [underlined] 2. [/underlined] good cigarettes for Steve & will get him a 21st birthday present as soon as I get my back pay as a Sergeant. That well be within a short time of getting home. When I have time to get organised at home, shall send you a lot of the snaps I took in East London. A couple of Babe also, taken at night. They are very nice. Every evening in the lounge there is a sing-song & amusing stories are told. One fellow who is returning home for leave after over-sea’s service is terrific. He is very versatile & keep [sic] us all in fits of laughter. He taught us all a native song called Bongo-Bongo. It is really good & quite the hit of the moment on this ship. Some R.A.F. Aircrews on board who have been in action have told us what to expect etc. What further training we shall have [one deleted indecipherable word] & other useful information. They are jolly interesting. May add a line before we get home. Will write more from home. No more to-day. God bless you Dad. Lots of love from Your ever-loving son [underlined] David. [/underlined] Just arrived home have cabled you. With Mum & Steve at the moment. Writing again soon. Love David 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 sergeant David Boldy to his father about sailing to London from South Africa, visiting Gibraltar and swimming in the sea. He misses his girl friend Babe. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1941-07-07 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three 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 EBoldyDABoldyAD410707 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. Gibraltar Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-07 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Boldy 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 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Janice Waller evacuation love and romance