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  • Creator is exactly "J Smith"

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Apologises for not writing and asks what is happening to Bill and relates some of his own activities. Mentions meeting pilot Officer Boyd DFC on the same AGI course as himself who failed exam and was returned to unit. Congratulates him on getting a…

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Catches up with gossip and notes Lewis is still in Canada. Was proud that Lewis had got his wings. Writes about his own news of acquaintances and activities. Announces that he was now a married man and continues with more news.

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Confirms information in telegram in which he was notified that his son had lost his life as a result of air operations on 15 March 1944. Information was from official German sources.

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Second version. Covers life before the war and volunteering for the RAF in August 1940 and continues with an account of training as a wireless operator. The article includes radio school crest and photograph of a Battle aircraft. He describes his…

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Wartime recollections of John (known to his friends as Jack) George Smith from Pinchbeck. He tells of life before the war, how he went on to volunteer for the RAF in August 1940 and describes his training as a wireless operator. The document includes…

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Write expressing their sympathy at the news that her husband Acting Squadron Leader Robert Wareing is missing as a result of an air operation in Northern France. They continue that this does not necessarily mean he is killed or wounded and may well…

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