1 25 15 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1824/41972/NLuxtonJR170404.2.jpg 884ef9c0b9accc186eda2602a3fab551 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 Luxton, J R 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 2017-04-04 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 Luxton, JR Description An account of the resource Eighteen items. The collection concerns Sergeant John Russell Luxton (1086977 Royal Air Force) and contains documents, correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator / air gunner with 76 Squadron. He was killed 12 August 1943. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by John Wohlers and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on John Russell Luxton is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/217298/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> 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 Newspaper cutting with article about Sergeant J R Luxton missing Description An account of the resource Page has several articles including one reporting Sergeant J R Luxton missing after operational flight. Describes telegram to father informing him that his wireless operator/air gunner son was missing on his 15th operational flight. Gives some biographical details. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fleetwood Chronical Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-08-19 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Fleetwood Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One newspaper cutting Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NLuxtonJR170404 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. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-08-20 aircrew missing in action wireless operator / air gunner https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1826/33144/LScottEW188329v1.2.pdf 3191938df781a8aed2f6b4ae713d33a1 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 Scott, Eric William E W Scott 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 2017-04-06 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 Scott, EW Description An account of the resource 139 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Eric Scott (1425952, 188329 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, a memoir, correspondence, documents, newspaper cuttings, a flying course handbook and photographs. He flew operations in North Africa as a bomb aimer with 142 Squadron and then after an instructional tour in Palestine started a second tour on 37 Squadron in Italy where he was shot down and finished the war as a prisoner. The collection includes three albums. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2040">Album 1</a> Photographs of Jerusalem, Bethlehem. Tel Aviv, Haifa and friends. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2041">Album 2</a> Photographs taken during training in the United States and England and during his service in North Africa and Italy. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2046">Album 3</a> Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, documents and the last issue of the Prisoner of war Journal. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jacqui Holman and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. 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 Eric Scott's observer's and air gunner's flying log book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LScottEW188329v1 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 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. Description An account of the resource Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for Eric Scott, bomb aimer, covering the period from 1 September 1942 to 4 January 1946. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as Air Bomber. He was stationed at RCAF Picton (31 Bombing & Gunnery School), RCAF Mount Hope (33 Air Navigation School), RAF Moreton-in-Marsh (21 OTU and 311 FTU), RAF Kairouan (142 Squadron), RAF El Ballah (Advanced Bombing & Gunnery School), RAF Qastina (77 OTU), RAF Torterella (37 Squadron) and RAF Pershore (23 OTU). Aircraft flown in were Anson, Battle Wellington, Dominie and DC3. Targets were - first tour – Messina (6), Olbia, Cagliari, Catania (2), Palermo, Syracuse, Marsala, Battipaglia (2), Reggio, Aquino, Pratica di Mare, Capodichino, Naples, Lamezia, Paola-Sapri, Salerno, Bagnoli, Torre Annunziata, Leghorn, Grosseto, Formia, 'Grass Roads' [sic], Viterbo, Pesaro, Leghorn, Grazzanise and Civitavecchia. Second tour – Valence , Ploesti, Szőny, Miskolc, Bologna (2), Ravenna (3), Pesaro, Yugoslavia (Nickel), Danube (mining), Eleusis (2), Rimini, Salonika, Verona, Székesfehérvár, Opicina, Vinkovci, and Maribor. Shot down on this raid. He flew 35 night operations with 142 Squadron and 21 night with 37 Squadron making a total of 56. His pilots on operations were Sergeant Pearce, Flying Officer Kirley and Pilot Officer Jeffares. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Terry Hancock Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Danube River Great Britain England--Gloucestershire France France--Valence (Drôme) Greece Greece--Eleusis Greece--Thessalonikē Hungary Hungary--Miskolc Hungary--Székesfehérvár Hungary--Szőny Italy Italy--Aquino Italy--Battipaglia Italy--Bologna Italy--Cagliari Italy--Catania Italy--Civitavecchia Italy--Formia Italy--Grosseto Italy--Livorno Italy--Marsala Italy--Messina Italy--Naples Italy--Palermo Italy--Paola Italy--Pesaro Italy--Pisa Italy--Pratica di Mare Italy--Ravenna Italy--Reggio di Calabria Italy--Rimini Italy--Salerno Italy--Sapri Italy--Syracuse Italy--Torre Annunziata Italy--Trieste Italy--Verona Italy--Viterbo Romania Romania--Ploiești Slovenia Slovenia--Maribor Ontario Ontario--Mount Hope Italy--Sicily Italy--Sicily Italy--Sicily Italy--Sicily Italy--Sicily Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-06-09 1943-06-19 1943-06-20 1943-06-22 1943-06-23 1943-06-28 1943-06-29 1943-06-30 1943-07-01 1943-07-04 1943-07-05 1943-07-06 1943-07-07 1943-07-08 1943-07-09 1943-07-10 1943-07-11 1943-07-12 1943-07-13 1943-07-14 1943-07-15 1943-07-16 1943-07-19 1943-07-20 1943-07-21 1943-07-22 1943-07-23 1943-07-26 1943-07-27 1943-08-02 1943-08-03 1943-08-04 1943-08-05 1943-08-07 1943-08-11 1943-08-12 1943-08-13 1943-08-14 1943-08-15 1943-08-19 1943-08-20 1943-08-22 1943-08-23 1943-08-26 1943-08-27 1943-08-29 1943-08-30 1943-08-31 1943-09-01 1943-09-06 1943-09-07 1943-09-09 1943-09-10 1943-09-11 1943-09-12 1943-09-13 1943-09-14 1943-09-15 1943-09-16 1943-09-18 1943-09-19 1943-09-23 1943-09-24 1943-09-25 1943-09-30 1943-10-01 1943-10-02 1943-10-03 1943-10-04 1944-08-15 1944-08-16 1944-08-17 1944-08-18 1944-08-21 1944-08-22 1944-08-23 1944-08-24 1944-08-25 1944-08-27 1944-09-01 1944-09-02 1944-09-04 1944-09-06 1944-09-07 1944-09-09 1944-09-10 1944-09-11 1944-09-13 1944-09-14 1944-09-15 1944-09-18 1944-09-21 1944-10-11 1944-10-13 1944-10-15 1944-10-17 1944-10-21 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 142 Squadron 21 OTU 23 OTU 37 Squadron Air Observers School aircrew Anson Battle bomb aimer bombing Bombing and Gunnery School C-47 Dominie mine laying Operational Training Unit RAF Kairouan RAF Moreton in the Marsh RAF Pershore RAF Qastina shot down training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1632/25754/EBisbyMLBowerHA430820.1.jpg 7fa22a68ab08e8377902f759e55542a4 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 Bower, Frank Geoffrey. Album Description An account of the resource An album of photographs from Frank Bower's training in Florida. 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 2020-01-23 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. Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document TELEPHONE : Worcester 3411 Extn……… Any communications on the subject of this letter should be addressed to :- THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, and the following number quoted :- F851954/43/Accts.13. Your Ref…… [Air Ministry’s Crest] AIR MINISTRY, WHITTINGTON ROAD WORCESTER 20th August 1943, Sir, [underlined] The late Sergeant F.G.Bower. [/underlined] I am directed to refer to your letter dated 21st July, 1943 to Air Ministry 7K.Cas. and to inform you that the full financial details of your son’s Service Estate have not yet been received in this Department. As soon as the information becomes available you will be informed. The question of a Certificate of Death has been referred to Air Ministry (P.4 casualties London) for a separate reply. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, [signature] for Director of Accounts. Mr.H.A.Bower, 27, Annesley Road, Hucknall, Notts. 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 to Mr HA Bower Description An account of the resource The letter refers to a delay in receipt of F G Bower's financial details and certificate of death. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-08-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One typewritten 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 EBisbyMLBowerHA430820 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. Great Britain England--Hucknall England--Nottinghamshire Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Air Ministry 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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-07-21 1943-08-20 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Laura Morgan aircrew killed in action https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1345/22214/PTyrieJSB19010020.1.jpg 4f8b681b09b117a1dbb660beccea68c9 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1345/22214/PTyrieJSB19010021.1.jpg a8300674a9ba061b0b632d07ac7ad74a https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1345/22214/PTyrieJSB19010022.1.jpg 4b278f8f7b657ee2f2d5e16cb79a4853 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1345/22214/PTyrieJSB19010023.1.jpg 2cb6717359143a940cfeb8362cca5548 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 Tyrie, Jim. Photo album Description An account of the resource An album of photographs from Jim Tyrie's service and time as a prisoner of war. 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 2019-06-01 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 Tyrie, JSB 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 Prisoners of war Description An account of the resource Photo 1 is a half length portrait of a man in a sweater. Photo 2 is eight airmen captioned '+20/8/43'. Photo 3 is two men with their hands in the air, one soldier beside them. Two men with rifles are on the right, captioned 'Two Polish prisoners shot by firing squad'. Photos 4, 5, 6 and 7 are two prisoners holding cards with numbers. Photo 8 is a wooden cross with '5 Englische Flieger'. Photo 9 is of the interior of a prisoner of war hut. Photo 10 is a pilot captioned 'April 1943'. Photo 11 is a man reading a book at a table. Photo 12 is a man standing wearing flying boots. Photo 13 is a man working at a table, captioned 'Peeling Potatoes'. Photo 14 is a football match watched by a large group of spectators. Photo 15 is the inside of a church. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 15 b/w photographs on four album pages Language A language of the resource eng deu Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PTyrieJSB19010020, PTyrieJSB19010021, PTyrieJSB19010022, PTyrieJSB19010023 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 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. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-04 1943-08-20 aircrew final resting place observer pilot prisoner of war sport https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/219/20091/2046.2.pdf 7cf1fc219e27a08553d391dd0c742d00 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 Cahir, Francis Shamus Francis Shamus Cahir Jim Cahir Francis S Cahir Francis Cahir F S Cahir F Cahir J Cahir Description An account of the resource 44 items. An oral history interview with Francis Shamus "Jim" Cahir (419441 Royal Australian Air Force), letters, documents, photographs and a sub collection. He flew operations as a mid upper gunner with 466 Squadron. His aircraft was shot down and he became a prisoner of war. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jim Cahir and catalogued by Barry Hunter. 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 2016-06-09 2016-06-08 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 Cahir, FS Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [header] [Air Force Club Crest] AIR FORCE CLUB 55 WEST 44TH STREET NEW YORK CITY Telephone: MUrray Hill 2-1716 Sgt CAHIR. FS. Aus 419441 Postal No 272 R.A.A.F. Overseas. August 20 - 43 Dear Mum & Vincent At last I have realised one of my ambitions & that was to [deleted] vio [/deleted] visit New York. We had four days leave there & had a marvellous time. When we sailed into New York Harbour, Manhattan Island with the Skyscrapers looked like a Fairy Castle away in the distance, & even after we had been in the harbour some time anchored along side the Statue of Liberty the city did not lose it’s appearance of a Fairy Castle. We got leave Sunday afternoon & spent most of the afternoon walking up & down the streets with our heads stuck in the air looking up at the Buildings. When we passed the Empire State Building we decided to go to the top of it, the lifts take you express to the 72nd floor, where you change lifts to go to the 102nd. The view you get from the top is indescribable, when you look down on the streets below, motors just appear like specks & the crowds on the foot paths are like ants. The City is laid out in Blocks like Melbourne & you [footer] Under the auspices of The British War Relief Society, Inc. of the U.S.A. Registered with War Relief Control Board No. 208 [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 2 [/underlined] can follow streets & roads until they become a blur in the distance. From the Empire State Building you can get a wonderful idea [inserted] of [/inserted] how New York is laid out. Manhattan is on a [sic] island in the centre of the Harbour, it is the business Centre of New York, it is connected with the Main land by numerous Bridges & tunnels which run underneath the River Hudson. When we went into the City everyday we travelled by tube Railway underneath the River & Buildings; the Railway runs underneath Skyscrapers except in a couple of places where there is a hollow in the island, then it runs on a [sic] over head bridge about three stories up, traffic carries on beneath the overhead railway. Whilst going up in the lifts to the top of the Empire State Building the pressure becomes greater on your ears, the result is you [deleted] you [/deleted] get a curious sensation in your head just as you do in an aeroplane when climbing to great altitude. The exterior of the Building is beautiful with very graceful curves, from a distance the Empire State does not look any higher than the rest of the surrounding buildings, but once you get close up, you can see it is much taller than Buildings such as Rockefeller Centre, Chrysler, Woolworths. Sunday night Bill Jeff & myself visited Radio City in the Rockefeller Centre, it [footer as page 1] [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 3 [/underlined] was something like a miniature worlds fair & exhibited many war products from Australia, we had about 3 hours looking over Radio City; then we had [inserted] a [/inserted] look around the streets at the Night life of New York, even though it was Sunday everything was open & you could go to Pictures or Night Clubs anytime of the night. Some of the Picture shows did not start their last show until midnight. Monday found us in New York once again. On the Railways & tramways here there is no such thing as buying a ticket, it costs you a nickel to go everywhere, the entrance to all railway stations is through turnstiles, & the tramways have turnstiles just inside the door of each tram, so in order to gain your [deleted] y [/deleted] seat you must insert a nickel in the slot of the turnstile in order that it rotate to let you pass to your seat, its a great idea! but its necessary for a chap to carry around a pocket full of nickels if he wants to go anywhere. As I said before there is no trains running [deleted] aboo [/deleted] above Ground on Manhattan Island, the same goes for trams, the main means of transport is by taxis which are here in there thousands, the Americans catch taxis just like we do trams in the City at home. How often we missed being run down by taxis? I don’t know, we never get use to looking to [inserted] the [/inserted] right before crossing the Road [footer as page 1] [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 4 [/underlined] At the corner of [deleted] of [/deleted] all the streets there were traffic lights but nobody took any notice of them, when we first arrived in New York we use [sic] stand on the footpath until the light turned green but we found that we were being left behind all the time, so we just ignored the lights & walked across as the New Yorkers did. On Monday we visited the [one indecipherable word] Club in 56th Street; it is very nice & provides all kinds of entertainment from Pictures & Dances to Parties & trips to the Country; [deleted] we [/deleted] whilst at the [one indecipherable word] Club I enquired after Mr Rabbling, they gave me his address which was some considerable distance out of town, & [inserted] as [/inserted] there was so much to see & do in town [deleted] one indecipherable word [/deleted] I did not find the opportunity to go out there. For lunch we visited a cafe called the “Automat”, it is really a self serving cafe & works on the same principal [sic] as slot machines at home, to obtain a hot meal of, say! Steak & Eggs, you would insert your money into a slot & out would come your steak & Eggs, the same would apply for your apple pie & Cream etc, it was really a good idea & saved time, instead of following a queue along the counter as you do in cafes at home. In the afternoon we visited St Patrick’s Cathedral, its the most beautiful Cathedral inside that I have seen, the outside is not so [footer as page 1] [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 5 [/underlined] impressive & is considerably smaller than St Pat’s Melbourne. The Cathedral is situated in 5th. ave the Principal street of the City; there are people walking in & out of the Cathedral all day long just as they do at St Francis. The high altar is beautiful white marble with a high arch over it made of a metal that looks very much like Gold, around the back of the high alter are numerous smaller altars, highly coloured with flowers & red lights. We also visited the Modern Art Exhibition in Park Ave, there were many interesting things on display besides modern paintings which we could make neither head nor tail of. A Bus ride down fifth ave was our next venture, this Avenue is really beautiful it is quite wide as the rest of New York streets are. At the lower end of 5th Ave are stock Brokers etc, about the middle are the very fashionable shops where you pay two or three dollars for the name 5th ave to be on the Goods, the “up town” (as the Yanks call it) end of fifth ave is given over to the very wealthy, where they have their “Penthouses” that tower up to forty or fifty stores. [sic] Whilst we were in the Bus an American pointed out to us many of the very famous American Business mens homes. Bus on the way back took us along the River Drive where we saw the [footer as page 1] [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 6 [/underlined] the [sic] motor traffic running along roadways built off the ground to save space. The cost on the Bus was 10 cents the round trip of approx 12 miles, & instead of handing the dime to the conductor of the Bus you feed it in a small register that he hold in his hand. Monday night we visited the U.S.O. which is like the A.C.F. in Australia, here we picked up free tickets for a Picture Show. It was the Paramount Theatre we visited & easily the biggest theatre I have ever been in, the Regent Theatre Melbourne would fit in the Paramount foyer. The Picture showing was “Bob Hope” in “Lets face it”, there was no second picture on but a stage show instead, with “Benny Goodman” & his Dance Band. After the Pictures which ended about 11.30 we visited the National Broadcasting Studios for a Concert by Fred Waring & his Orchestra, the final quarter of an hour of the programme was [inserted] a [/inserted] broadcast & the rest of the concert was for the audience in the studios. It was a marvellous concert & entirely different to Benny Goodman’s orchestra which played nothing but the latest hits. We could have gone to a night club after we had seen the N.B.C. studio Broadcast but as it was 1.30 we thought it was about time we hit the high road for home, so after a bottle of Coca-Cola & a couple of doughnuts we caught the [footer as page 1] [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 7 [/underlined] underground for home. Tuesday morning we spent in shopping mainly in Woolworths 5 & 10 cent store; the shops over here do not go in for window displays as much as we do at home. I spent about 20 dollars for the morning, I bought a pair of pyjamas handkerchiefs & few other odds & ends for myself, I managed to procure a pair of stockings for you whether they are any good I don’t know, I got pretty sweet with the girl behind the counter & she assured me they were the best for the times so I took her word, I also bought a few handkerchiefs for Irene’s birthday, I sent both parcels home registered mail so I hope they arrive safely. I could not get much tinned stuff for Aunt Louise, but what I have got will last sometime. After lunch at the Air Force Club we went to Radio City Picture Theatre which is in the Rockefeller centre, the theatre is beautiful both inside & outside, to get to the dress circle you take lifts, I think the seating accommodation is 10,000. Gary [sic] Grant in “Mr Lucky” was showing it was quite a good Picture, there was no supporting Picture but once again a Stage show with numerous items. All these entertainments cost us nothing up to here, all we did was to go around to the the W.S.A. & ask for a free ticket to what ever particular show we wanted to go to. [footer as page 1] [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 8 [/underlined] Tuesday Evening we went to a Circus at Maddison Square Garden, it was a marvellous show & was quite a famous Circus by the name of Spangles, there were the usual clowns running around, but the most thrilling item was the acrobats that performed on trapezes about 100ft off the ground with no safety net spread to catch them in case they should fall. The performing animals were very good with a girl in charge of them. Madison Square Garden is where they hold all the Big Boxing Events, its a large stadium with seating accommodation for 30,000 spectators, just inside the entrance are many bronze statues & trophies of [deleted] many [/deleted] [inserted] world [/inserted] famous Boxing Champions. The Stadium is in the shape of an oval with the Boxing Ring in the centre, the seats are arranged in three tiers above one another; with a little bit of talking we managed to work our way into the ring side seats for the Circus. The Circus over we again visited the National Broadcasting Studios in the Rockefeller Centre, here we heard Raymond Paige & his Orchestra in his Broadcast over the air; the way they [deleted] way [/deleted] put the sound effects for advertisements over the air was marvellous, they had numerous buttons, [inserted] & [/inserted] as soon as the noise of an aeroplane was require [sic] the announcer just pushed the button marked aeroplane & you would hear the drone of the plane. [footer as page 1] [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 9 [/underlined] It was about 2 oclock by the time we had supper & travelled home, night life in New York does not stop until about 4 in the morning. There is supposed to be a Blackout here in New York, but compared to Melbourne it is a blaze of light, most of the Neon signs in Broadway advertising night Clubs & pictures are still alight & Times Square is just glowing with lights. We saw Jack Dempsey’s Night Club in Broadway during our travels. Wednesday we did not get leave until rather late in the morning, I finished off shopping then met [deleted] the [/deleted] Bill & Jeff at the Air Force Club for lunch. In the afternoon we got free tickets for the “Student Prince”, it was a marvellous show with Everett Marshall as Dr Engel, Frank Hornaday as the Prince & Barbara Scully as Kathie, I bought a programme which I will send home to you with a lot of other rubbish I have collected. I enjoyed the performance & the music of the Student Prince so much that I decided to go to the “Merry Widow” in the Evening, Bill & Jeff had decided to go to a Party at a 5th. ave Pent House so went by myself. I had great trouble in getting in but eventually managed it only to find that there was only standing room left. So I proceeded to sit [one deleted word] on the carpeted steps of the theatre, I had not [footer as page 1] [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 10 [/underlined] been sitting there five minutes when an usherette tried to move me, I refused to go unless they could find me a seat & seeing this was the first & only entertainment I had paid for I felt justified in asking for a seat, she then mumbled something about house full etc & that I could not sit on the steps, but I had paid 1.75 for the seat & I was not going to give it up so easily. I sat on the step for the first act & for the last two I got a [deleted] 1 [/deleted] 5 dollar seat about ten rows from the front, it happened that a yank officer saw me sitting on the step so he saved me his seat when he went after the first act. Jan Kiepura played the part of the Prince & was marvellous, I could have listened to him all night, he was far superior to Maxwell Oldaker in Melbourne’s effort, [deleted] Martha [/deleted] Marta Eggerth who is really Jan Kiepura’s wife played the part that Gladys Moncrieff took, she was very good & more suitable for the part than Gladys Moncrief, [sic] but I did not think she was half as good a singer. On the whole I thought Melbourne’s production was every bit as good as the production here in New York, there was nothing outstanding about it here except Jan Kiepura playing the leading role. The other parts such as that of the Prime [footer as page 1] [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 11 [/underlined] Minister of Marovia were played by well know [sic] actors who had had European experience but unfortunately I losted [sic] the Programme & cannot recall their names. The conductor of the orchestra was Robert Sholz, you might of heard of him. As I was by myself after the opera I decided to have an early night & crawled into bed about 1 oclock, which was an early hour compared to the other nights. That finished our leave in New York & what a leave! I could have spent a month there without any trouble at all, still you never know I might get the opportunity to revisit New York at a later date. Now for a few general notes about New York & the Yanks, I found they still talk their heads off about what they have or do, but when they talk about New York they certainly have something to talk about. Everybody we met were most helpful & generous to us if we were in a bit of strife & asked anybody where a certain place was they would want to shout us a drink & take us there personally. In my opinion it would be possible to live in New York for a month have three meals a day & go to at least three shows a day without paying a penny; for the four days we were there [deleted] we [/deleted] [inserted] I [/inserted] paid for one meal [deleted] & I paid for [/deleted] [inserted] & [/inserted] one show, Bill & Jeff paid for one meal & no shows. [footer as page 1] [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 12 [/underlined] The service clubs around New York City were very good, they did not go in for meals as much as the clubs at home; the Hostel in Adelaide still reigns supreme over any club I have seen. We made the Air Force Club our Headquarters as it was a very cozy little Club & quite close to the heart of Manhattan besides there were some very nice girls in attendance whom we got to know very well. The American girls I don’t think can can [sic] compare with the Australian girls, their complections [sic] are terrible and their beauty is dependant upon how glamorous they can make themselves. The girls we got to know at the Club were very nice & were always giving us free tickets for shows that we did not have time to see. The average American girl you passed in the street was entirely different to the girls you would pass in Collins St Melbourne, every one of them would be done up like a film star & it was quite possible to walk down 5th Ave picking out the girls who were trying [inserted] to [/inserted] imitate Dorothy Lamour in dress & those that were trying to look like Greta Garbo. Some of the men dressed rather queerly with short sport shirts hanging outside their pants, every time I passed a chap dressed like that I felt like running up to him & [footer as page 1] [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 13 [/underlined] tucking his shirt in, or yelling after him “Giddy - Giddy Gout your shirt’s hanging out”. When we first struck New York, we found great difficulty in making people understand what we were talking about, we seemed to be able to understand them much easier than they could understand us. A lot of our slang at home had an entirely different meaning over here, as we found out much to our embarrassment. After leaving New York the thing that stuck in my mind most was what a Cosmopolitan lot the Americans are, whilst in Manhattan I met numerous Italians Greeks Spaniards Chinese & above all two Japanese Gentlemen, as well as thousands of Negros; thank Heaven there is a [deleted] A [/deleted] “White Australian Policy” & sincerely hope it will always be in force and that it will become even stricter after this war. It’s not until you get away from home & see other places that you appreciate the Policy & meaning of it. The meals in New York were very dear, even at the cheapest cafe you could not possibly have a meal under 1.50 which is about 9/4 Australian money. Another thing about American meals is you hardly ever see a knife everything is eaten with a fork, we tried the idea of eating with a fork but gave it up, it makes eating far to clumsy & slow [footer as page 1] [page break] [header address as page 1] [underlined] 14 [/underlined] Now that the trip is over, I don’t suppose there is any harm in telling you we came through the Panama Canal, we came through it in day light consequently saw the works; no doubt about it! its a wonder of the modern world & well worth travelling half way across the world to see; I will tell you more about it in a later letter when I will give you a short narrative of events since I left Australia, (provided I am allowed & if I can remember anything worth mentioning). How is everything at home Mum? all well I hope! its a long long time since I have heard any news from home, now & again the Wireless gives a little, but not much. Yesterday we heard over the wireless that Curtin was well ahead in the following, I think he is certain to get in once more! don’t you? How is work with both of you? the Bank no doubt is still showing a credit Balance, is the new Boss still as cranky as ever? Vincent I suppose is by this time Chief Clerk. The Boy’s Club is still running Matches! Every Sunday I [deleted] wish [/deleted] [inserted] wonder [/inserted] who they might be playing & if they won. Kindest regards to all at Sacred Heart. Remember me to Betty & Phil. Don’t worry over me Mum, you know when you get this letter that God has looked after me well & will always do so. Your loving son & brother. Jim. [footer as page 1] 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 to Mrs Cahir from Jim Cahir Description An account of the resource Letter from Sergeant Cahir to his Mum and Vincent. In it he tells them all about his leave in New York, the places he has been and the shows he has seen. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jim Cahir Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-08-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 14 handwritten sheets 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 ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0001, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0002, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0003, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0004, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0005, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0006, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0007, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0008, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0009, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0010, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0011, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0012, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0013, ECahirFSCahirM-V430820-0014 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 Australian Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. United States New York (State)--New York Panama--Panama Canal New York (State) Panama 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. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-08-20 aircrew entertainment https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/19348/EValentineJRMValentineUM430820-0001.2.jpg f8433e5c498ac440bfe964ffdf91cfa4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1281/19348/EValentineJRMValentineUM430820-0002.2.jpg 8bb94c9d048d2f210c694af910d91edc 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 Valentine, John John Ross Mckenzie Valentine J R M Valentine Description An account of the resource 674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945. He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. 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 2018-09-06 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 Valentine, JRM Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Start of transcription 20th [deleted] Jul [/deleted] [inserted] Aug [/inserted] 1943 Dearest Ursula Your letter [one censored word] came today – [one censored word] still en route. I am full of admiration for your tremendous efforts to find a home & deplore my helplessness more than ever. How I wish I could be of some assistance to you – I fully understand all your difficulties & from the bottom of my heart, hope that you overcome them. Bless you for all your efforts on my behalf. There is, of course, little news from here. The climate is filthy – such gloomy weather tends to make it more difficult than ever to be cheerful. This camp is, I’m afraid, generally loathed. One by one, my havens for fiddle practice have disappeared but I now have a place which I had long borne in [deleted] [indecipherable word] [/deleted] as a last resort. It is awful – but that is why it is available. It’s in a semi underground cellar used as a potato store. It is low roofed (sitting down I can’t even get in a full stroke of the bow) dark (so that I have to strain my eyes to read the music) draughty, damp & oh! so smelly. Piles of spuds lie around giving off an awful effusion of dark rotting vegetation. But it has space which is what I want. Considering my extremely slow progress I’m almost ashamed to mention the hours I put in nowdays [sic], when I can. 4 or 5 is not uncommon in fact it is the only form of study at which I find myself able to persevere. Of course the conditions tend to vitiate the value of all this time, but nevertheless I ought to progress more. Am still badly in need of strings & eagerly await the music you sent. Some of the items in your last parcel are very welcome eg paper (I have ample now) sponge & pillow (not equal to my favourite of course) & particularly the lighter. Matches are extremely scarce here & if you could send another wick & more flints next time, I’d be grateful. I find on going through my clothes that I have quite enough shirts & vests for which I asked recently. So please send no more clothing of any kind. My request for shoes still stands for my present old warriors are [underlined] literally [/underlined] on their last legs. My taste has returned in full force, thank heavens – long m[inserted]a[/inserted]y it stay. By the way, that disinfectant soap you send is useful – I could do with more of it (in moderation, of course) I don’t think your photo in 68 is haughty in the least. I love all those of you especially the one in letter [censored word] Heres [sic] to success in your efforts towards a home. Would I could help you. Love to both John. [page break] 63 120 [underlined] Kriegsgefangenenpost [/underlined] [stamp] An MRS U.M. VALENTINE [deleted] LIDO [/deleted] [inserted] Little Close Devon Rd Salcombe [/inserted] Emfangsort: [deleted] TENTERDEN GROVE [/deleted] Strasse: [deleted] HENDON [/deleted] [inserted] Devon [/inserted] Dries: [deleted] LONDON NW4 [/deleted] Land: ENGLAND [stamp] Absender: Vor- und Zuname: Sgt John Valentine Gefangenennummer: 463 Lager-Bezeichnung: Kriegsgefangenanlager Nr. 3 der Luftwaffe Deutschland (Alemagne) 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 John Valentine to his wife Ursula Description An account of the resource Number 63-120. Thanks her for letters and efforts on his behalf. Writes of poor weather and his tribulations in finding somewhere to practise his violin. He is still in need of strings and music. List items from last parcel which were appreciated and also what he need in future. Reports his sense of taste has returned. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-08-20 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two 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 EValentineJRMValentineUM430820 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Lithuania Lithuania--Šilutė Great Britain England--Devon England--Salcombe England--London Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-08-20 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Ross Mckenzie Valentine prisoner of war Stalag Luft 6 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/19027/NMadgettHR190610-26.2.jpg e61a024957b1031befb1f8a66fdde67b 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 Madgett, Hedley Robert H R Madgett Description An account of the resource 250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">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 2015-03-17 2019-06-14 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 Madgett, H Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Abstract [inserted] KENTISH MURCURY 20/8/43 [/inserted] Comrades Unconscious, He Carried On. Sergeant Hedley Robert Madgett, No 61 Squadron whose home in Sidcup, has just ben awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. Born in 1922 at Catford, he was a clerk prior to enlisting in 1940. He is now a pilot. The airmen states the citation, has completed many successful sorties against strongly defended targets in Germany and Italy. On one occasion when detailed to attack Oberhausen, the bomb aimer, navigator and flight engineer lost consciousness owing to lack of oxygen Sgt. Madgett, with the remaining members of his crew, completed the mission successfully. On another occasion his aircraft was damaged by anti-aircraft fire during an attack but he continued, dropped the bombs and secured a photograph of the target area. On all his sorties in face of the heaviest fire this airman has displayed outstanding courage, cheerfulness and determination. 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 Comrades unconscious, he carried on Description An account of the resource Account of action for which Hedley Madgett was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. Citation states many successful operations including one to Oberhausen when some crew lost consciousness due to lack of oxygen but he completed operation successfully. On other occasions his aircraft was damaged but he continued attacks. 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 1943-08-20 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Great Britain England--London England--London Germany--Ruhr (Region) Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-08-20 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kentish Times Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NMadgettHR190610-26 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 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Claire Monk 61 Squadron Distinguished Flying Medal https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18991/EStottJ-BMadgettAG430820.1.jpg 003805e318066fc868dee8e93d23b06b 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 Madgett, Hedley Robert H R Madgett Description An account of the resource 250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">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 2015-03-17 2019-06-14 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 Madgett, H Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document 143 Longlands road Sidcup. Aug 20th 1943 My Dear Mrs Madget. [sic] It is with deep regret we heard of your great sorrow and sincerely trust that in the near future you will receive good news of your son. This seems very poor consolation to you I know. We must trust and pray. Please do accept our deepest sympathy. With kindest regards. Yours Very Sincerely J. & B. Stott. 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 of condolence to Hedley Madgett's parents Description An account of the resource From J Stott expressing great sorrow over news that Hedley is missing. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource F Stott Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-08-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One 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 EStottJ-BMadgettAG430820 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--London Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-08-20 1943-08-17 1943-08-18 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Roger Dunsford missing in action https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18969/EMitchellDMadgettLR-AG430820.1.jpg 020de07c93d76f7d99c9152f7aaf5865 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 Madgett, Hedley Robert H R Madgett Description An account of the resource 250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">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 2015-03-17 2019-06-14 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 Madgett, H Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document 193 Longlands Rd. 20.8.43 Dear Mr and Mrs Madgett, We are so very sorry to hear about Hedley, and as you know we can truly sympathise with you in all the worrying times you have gone through. You must be so very proud of him, and we do hope that good news will soon come through. Our love to you both. Sincerely, Dorothy Mitchell 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 of condolence to Hedley Madgett's parents Description An account of the resource From Borothy Mitchell. Offers sympathy on hearing news of Hedley missing. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource D Mitchell Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-08-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One 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 EMitchellDMadgettLR-AG430820 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-08-20 1943-08-17 1943-08-18 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Bloomfield missing in action https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18942/EHarkerGMAdgettR-AG430820.1.jpg 015e43f01d663fc50c99157cf0141876 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 Madgett, Hedley Robert H R Madgett Description An account of the resource 250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">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 2015-03-17 2019-06-14 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 Madgett, H Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document GEORGE HARKER & Co. Ltd. Mr. & Mrs. Madgett, 127 Longlands Road, SIDCUP, Kent. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Madgett, It is with the deepest regret that we hear that your son has failed to return from a recent raid and all Members of the Staff join with me in sending to you their sympathy at this time. We can only hope that despite the present report, you may eventually have good news. We would like to say that your Boy was one of the most popular and promising Members of our Staff. Yours faithfully, For GEORGE HARKER & CO. LTD. [signature] MANAGING DIRECTOR 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 of condolence to Hedley Madgett's parents Description An account of the resource From George Harker & Co Ltd with deepest regret on hearing news that Hedley is missing. All members of staff send sympathy. Hedley was one of the most popular and promising member of staff. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource G Harker Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-08-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One page typewritten 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 EHarkerGMAdgettR-AG430820 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--London Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-08-20 1943-08-17 1943-08-18 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Bloomfield missing in action https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18816/ETrinickJEKMadgettLR-AG430820-0001.1.jpg fbbba8c4cf90a94a3940c0e6a3fd609c https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18816/ETrinickJEKMadgettLR-AG430820-0002.1.jpg 33e66cf73e98d4a4974729e524f3a0e9 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 Madgett, Hedley Robert H R Madgett Description An account of the resource 250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">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 2015-03-17 2019-06-14 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 Madgett, H Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document 119 Longlands Road, Sidcup, Kent. 25/08/43 Dear Mr. & Mrs. Madgett. It is with regret that we have read in the paper that Headley is missing, and hope you will accept our sympathy, and trust that you will receive news that he is well and safe shortly. With kind regards from us all. Yours sincerely, Jean E. Trinick 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 of sympathy to Hedley Madgett's parents Description An account of the resource From Jean Trinick noting that she had read Hedley was missing from newspaper and offering sympathy. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J Trinick Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-08-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two 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 ETrinickJEKMadgettLR-AG430820 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 Civilian Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--London Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-08-20 1943-08-17 1943-08-18 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Bloomfield missing in action https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/834/18744/LGeachDG1394781v1.2.pdf 59b50cd8ae7d2f0c31f827ee6cc31b42 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 Geach, David D Geach Description An account of the resource <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/218400/"></a>52 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer David Geach (1394781 Royal Air Force) and contains his diaries, correspondence, photographs of his crew, his log book, cuttings and items relating to being a prisoner of war. After training in Canada, he flew operations as a bomb aimer with 623 and 115 Squadrons until he was shot down 24 March 1944 and became a prisoner of war. He was instrumental in erecting a memorial plaque to the Air Crew Reception Centre at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. The collection also contains a scrap book of photographs. Additional information on his crew is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/218400/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Harry Wilkins and catalogued by Barry Hunter. 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 2016-03-14 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 Geach, DG 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 David Geach's flying log book for aircrew other than pilot Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Connock 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LGeachDG1394781v1 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. Canada France Germany Great Britain Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay England--Cambridgeshire England--Norfolk England--Rutland England--Staffordshire France--Rennes Germany--Augsburg Germany--Berlin Germany--Braunschweig Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Stuttgart Saskatchewan--Big Quill Lake Manitoba--Brandon Region France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Saskatchewan Netherlands Saskatchewan--Dafoe Manitoba Manitoba--Rivers Europe--Frisian Islands Europe--Frisian Islands Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943 1944 1952 1943-08-19 1943-08-20 1943-10-03 1943-10-08 1943-10-09 1943-12-29 1943-12-30 1944-01-01 1944-01-02 1944-01-14 1944-01-20 1944-01-27 1944-01-28 1944-02-15 1944-02-16 1944-02-20 1944-02-25 1944-02-26 1944-03-15 1944-03-16 1944-03-18 1944-03-19 1944-03-24 Description An account of the resource Flying log book for aircrew other than pilot for David Geach, bomb aimer, covering the period from 22 November 1942 to 2 September 1952. Detailing his flying training, operations flown, being shot down and becoming a prisoner of war, returning to flying, post war with 7 Squadron. He was stationed at RCAF Dafoe, RCAF Rivers, RAF Bobbington (aka RAF Halfpenny Green), RAF Hixon, RAF Woolfox Lodge, RAF Downham Market, RAF Waterbeach, RAF Witchford and RAF Upwood. Aircraft flown in were, Anson, Bolingbroke, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster and Lincoln. He flew a total of 15 operations, 1 Nickel operation with No.30 Operational Training Unit, 2 night operations with 623 Squadron and 12 night operations with 115 Squadron. Targets were Rennes, Frisian Islands, Bordeaux, Berlin, Brunswick, Stuttgart, Augsburg and Frankfurt. His pilot on operations was Pilot Officer McCann. Shot down on his seventh operation, to Berlin. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 115 Squadron 1665 HCU 1678 HCU 30 OTU 623 Squadron 7 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit aircrew Anson anti-aircraft fire Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) Bolingbroke bomb aimer bombing Bombing and Gunnery School Heavy Conversion Unit Ju 88 killed in action Lancaster Lancaster Mk 2 Lincoln Me 110 mine laying Operational Training Unit prisoner of war propaganda RAF Downham Market RAF Halfpenny Green RAF Hixon RAF Upwood RAF Waterbeach RAF Witchford RAF Woolfox Lodge RCAF Rivers shot down Stirling training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18707/EGreyJGMadgettAG430820-0001.1.jpg b41a1a70713cd7467daf5ea29c4f566d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18707/EGreyJGMadgettAG430820-0002.1.jpg efc13d5bb1b0054bd12d4b785a7e135c 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 Madgett, Hedley Robert H R Madgett Description An account of the resource 250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">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 2015-03-17 2019-06-14 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 Madgett, H Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document 49 Southbrook Road. Lee S.E.12. 20.8.43. Dear Mrs Madgett. Helen and I were quite excited this morning when we read in the ‘Kentish Mercury’ of the well deserved honour bestowed on Hedley. I am sure Mr Madgett and yourself must be very proud of your brave son and we congratulate both Hedley and you most sincerely. I saw Mrs Parkin last week, and she was telling me how well Hedley was doing and that he was a born airman. May he be kept safe!You must have many an anxious moment about him. [page break] I hope Peter won’t have to go. The war certainly looks as if it might end sooner than we think. Hearty congratulations and best wishes & good luck to Hedley in his future operations. I am, Yours sincerely, J.G. Grey P.S. Mrs Parkins has just rung up to say that Hedley is missing. I am [underlined] so [/underlined] sorry, and do hope that you will have some good news soon. J.G.G. 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 to Hedley Madgett's mother Description An account of the resource From J G Grey congratulating them on son's award and catching up with news. Postscript that she has just heard that Hedley is missing and hopes they will have good news. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J G Grey Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-08-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two 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 EGreyJGMadgettAG430820 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-08-20 1943-08-17 1943-08-18 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Bloomfield missing in action https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18698/ECoatesWJMadgettAG430820-0002.1.jpg faafa27cdc7cb5cf10f70993c6f89edf https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18698/ECoatesWJMadgettAG430820-0001.1.jpg 1c740f0d12c05cbe6a87bb717bf234f1 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 Madgett, Hedley Robert H R Madgett Description An account of the resource 250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">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 2015-03-17 2019-06-14 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 Madgett, H Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Dear Mrs. Madgett Please forgive this rough envelope – it is all I have with me. I hoped to see you & may have a later opportunity. I do want you to know that real prayers are going up for you. Am so hoping that Madgett may be found and will return. Meanwhile may you be very brave & God grant all needed strength. [signature] Coates 20/8/43 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 of sympathy to Mrs Madgett Description An account of the resource From W Coates says prayers being offered and hoping that Hedley Madgett has survived. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rev W J Coates Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-08-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One page handwritten letter and envelope 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 ECoatesWJMadgettAG430820 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 Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--London Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-08-20 1943-08-17 1943-08-18 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Bloomfield missing in action https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18518/E[Author]AMadgettLR-AG430820-0001.jpg f6d3c029f6a66d3719ac81ad624e9710 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18518/E[Author]AMadgettLR-AG430820-0002.jpg da895d286f7be8abfd97c624fa817d49 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 Madgett, Hedley Robert H R Madgett Description An account of the resource 250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">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 2015-03-17 2019-06-14 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 Madgett, H Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document 4 Lisburn Lane Tuebrook L. pool 13 [underlined] 20 . 8. 43 [/underlined] Dear Amy & Bob. I really don't know how to begin but feel I must write you a line to say how sorry we all felt about Hedley being missing. Keep your chins up, for he may turn up yet, from some remote part of the country as they do sometimes. I know [page break] the suspense must be terrible, but perhaps you won't be long before you hear something definite. Ed rang up Brenda yesterday telling her of it. Many a time today have I seen Hedley in my imagination, as we saw him on that surprise visit from Canada. All we must do is hope for the best & that your feelings will be relieved before long. Much love Yours Alice & family 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 of condolence to Hedley Madgett's parents Description An account of the resource Condolence on Hedley going missing. Might yet turn up. Remembers surprise visit from Canada. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-08-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two 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 E[Author]AMadgettLR-AG430820 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 Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Liverpool 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Roger Dunsford Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-08-20 missing in action