https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/372/6540/ELampreyPGuntonW[Date]-30.pdf 0ee9bb9c224a2659b4664e5b73a142ee 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 Lamprey, Peter Description An account of the resource 122 items. The collection contains letters from Flight Sergeant Peter Lamprey (1384535 Royal Air Force) to 'Uncle Bill' W Gunton and his former colleagues at Waterlow Printers, Park Royal, London. The letters cover all his stages of training and operations at Royal Air Force Ludford Magna. A wireless operator / air gunner, he was killed, aged 36, on 14 January 1944 during an operation on Braunschweig when 101 Squadron Lancaster LM367 was attacked by a night fighter and crashed at Lautenthal. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dereck Titchen and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. A photograph of Peter and his final resting place appears in the Arthur Standivan collection <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/items/show/35884">here.</a> Additional information on Peter Lamprey is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/113449/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-02-24 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Lamprey, P Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Sgts. Mess. R.A.F. Ludford Magna. Market Rasen. [underlined] Lincolnshire. [/underlined] [underlined] Dearest [/underlined] Excuses, no matter how thought out are of no avail against the righteous wrath that your diabolical neglect has raised in my breast. Here am I – slaving to keep the Hun out of the next chapel meeting and how am I treated? Anyone would think I am an overseer the way you ignore me. This will definitely be the last of the brilliant essays unless I hear from some bright minder who can put more than two words together without making a mistake. If I happen to go more than a week without letting you know the [page break] latest exploits of the brave boys of Bomber Command there is a squawk that can be heard in China. Just get weaving and let us have a bit of the latest news. For some reason or other they, the big shots, have kept us on the deck for quite a while. They might be giving our jolly old paperhanger a chance to pile the bricks up again ready for us to knock down – if he can find them. It was a pity the other boys went and done [sic] Rome. I should have enjoyed helping to put a few more ancient buildings in there. These Italian do’s are just what the doctor ordered – especially if you go in fairly late. We spent twelve minutes over Turin watching the place coming up piece by piece, a bit different to [page break] Gelsenkirchen that we bombed at 240mph and had three holes knocked in us inside two minutes. I’d rather do two Italian trips at ten hours a piece than one Happy Valley at five. The bloody Hun is too keen and he always seems to be peeved at something. If the silly bleeders only let us alone we could wipe the place out in a week and then all of us could go to bed at night. As it is he stays up – we stay up and if they aren’t careful it will develop into one of these “Vishus [sic] circles”. Since starting this letter I have received what purports to be a letter from the home of incurables, therefore don’t read the start of this letter as it might upset you. If you have already done so – I hope it did. If Mr. Evans page break] cares to repeat his statement at some future date I will show him what the oldest working gunner on the squadron can do with the oldest non-working member on the scrounge. To Bro G. I send the usual salutations and leave the old chronometer in the capable hands of one of the old contemtuous [sic]. At the present moment I am in the throes of trying to repair my lighter so if you fiddlers receive a little parcel of bits it will be another little job to keep your fingers out. Remember me to all. The sudden halt is a battle-order for tonight just coming up. All the best. Pete. 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 Letter from Peter Lamprey to W Gunton Description An account of the resource Peter Lamprey writes about his latest exploits including operations to Turin and Gelsenkirchen. He ends the letter as he has received a battle order for that night. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Peter Lamprey Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ELampreyPGuntonW[Date]-30 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 Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire Germany--Gelsenkirchen Italy Italy--Turin Italy--Rome Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) 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. 101 Squadron bombing RAF Ludford Magna