1 25 4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2191/39859/EKillenFReidKM451030.pdf 08e153170f8b5fea7b10fb4d135a9965 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 Reid, Kathleen Reid, K Reid, Kathryn Reid, Katy Description An account of the resource 92 items and a <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2219">sub-collection with thirty-seven poems/songs</a>. The collection concerns Kathryn (Katy) Reid (Royal Air Force) and contains memoirs, correspondence, poems and photographs. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by David Stuart Miers Reid and catalogued by Nigel Huckins Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-01-23 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Reid, K Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [crest of Patterson Field Telephone Service Centre, Dayton, Ohio] Oct. 30, 1945. My dearest Cathie: I came home yesterday, and received a surprise when I found about a dozen letters from you – There was another surprise – too – I spent the night at my Aunt’s in Alexandria & she is now working, so I slept late. What should happen, but a knock came on the door, and I opened it – to face – my brother whom I hadn’t seen in four years. He was standing there with a chest full of ribbons (after 3 years of fighting in the Pacific) – he deserved them. He had also been discharged (I received mine Oct. 9 in Dayton, Ohio (yes, they finally shipped me out of Texas) After I was released I went on to spend a couple of weeks with Mom McDougall, the lady you so vehemently ran down. I wish you hadn’t jumped to conclusions – I [page break] II admit I couldn’t figure why she was prejudiced to all Englishmen, but after visiting her I could easily understand her side. Regardless of what you may say or do, she IS my friend, and she’ll ALWAYS be my friend. My own Mother couldn’t have been more kind, & showered more affection or devotion on me. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE MET A MORE SINCERE PERSON. She cried when I left, and I’m going back to Elmira, N.Y. to live – I’ve made my mind up. There isn’t one ounce of pretention or sham in her makeup, and her frankness is something I admire. So if she has an utter loathe for all English persons, I know she has good reason. So, if you will bear with me, I’ll enlighten you, my dear, to the situation. She is a great musician – piano & [indecipherable word] combo., and since she left her first husband (who was unfaithful - & later regretted it) she has made a comfortable living for her two children – the court declared him an unfit father, [page break] III and gave her full custody. Never has he contributed one cent toward their education or livlihood. [sic] Seven years ago she met Mr. McDougall – a widower with a little boy her own son’s age. They were married, & she showed no discriminations toward her flesh & blood children & her step-son. In fact she never referred to him at all as a step-child & the kids all called her Mom & him Dad. The step-son had a weak mother & he had always had his way. She became a true mother to him & today her own son takes no fonder place in her heart than Bobbie – Soon her husband started to drink excessively, & several times struck her. As his salary wasn’t so generous she kept on working, making $125 (about £30) a week to give all the kids things he could not afford on his salary. She left him 3 times & went back to him each time because the kids (both hers & his) declared they’d never come home if they separated permanently. They live under the same roof, but not as man & wife just for the [page break] IV sake of keeping the boys contented. It will be at least 3 years before all of them are out & she can be free to divorce him. This is the one factor in her life I blame her – she should divorce him, regardless of what the kids said. Because he is lazy & does nothing around the house. She works from 9 – 1 each night, attends to all business matters, keeps the house, and is busy redecorating their winter home. I helped her with this, painting & decorating three rooms myself, & do you think the great McDougall lifted his hand to move one thing. Can you expect a woman to have RESPECT for a man who is built like that? It may work in England, BUT NOT IN AMERICA. American women are the most royally treated in the world. We don’t think of them as automats; things to labor [sic] & slave for us. No, Cathy, I’m afraid your conception of the American woman isn’t quite clear. We consider them treasures – something to be proud of – and not mere robots to jump at our every command. Women in America [page break] [missing page] [page break] VI warm clothing, a large sum of money, 40 lbs. more on his bones than when she took him in. He left with enough cash to keep him in comfort for the rest of his life – yes, her POOR, POOR husband; my heart bleeds for HIM, too. If he were in my house, I’d not only talk about him; I’d [underlined] do [/underlined] something about him. NO. 3 – (and the last straw) Elmira is near the Canadian border & some English airmen training there often came across to the U.S. & into the café where mom McDougall plays. One flight officer in particular whom they gave a royal welcome, & tried to make feel at home. He persisted in dancing with his cap at that ungodly angle on the side of his head, & he was warned to remove it while dancing, regardless of how fetching he thought he appeared. So Mom politely re- [page break] VII moved it for him when HE wouldn’t. He doubted her authority to perform such a deed & proceeded to use strong language, & she slapped his face. Then is when he made a crack that England was doing allright [sic] until we stuck our “bloody” nose into it. One only has to look at the records, to see the sense in that – or listen to Gen. Montgomery’s statement who said, and I quote: “We were down on our knees, and our last hope vanquished until America came into the war.” Possibly Monty is in a position to make an authentic statement – perhaps moreso than the wise f.o. Two of Mom’s friends CPOs in the U.S. Navy politely escorted the guy to the door & through it to the street, in no polite manner either. She refused to tell them his exact words, because she knew he’d probably be killed by the sailors, & it wasn’t worth it – from a nincompoop like the f.o. [page break] VIII Can you say or believe America hasn’t done her duty in this war? These two wars, for about 80 percent of all the forces in the Pacific were American. When our factories turned out 100,000 planes a year & all plants went full-blast & we sent food to every nation under the sun. Show me [underlined] one [/underlined] country with an equal population that has come near to rivalling this effort. Great B. controls almost a quarter of the world’s population & land surface, yet OUR Armies & Navies, & Air Forces, at peak strength, were greater than any in the world. Mom’s parents came directly from England; so she isn’t judging the whole peoples by her own POOR husband. If she wants to renounce the country of her ancestors, that’s one thing in America that one is allowed to do. A man can rise as high as his knowledge & wits permit. There are no family restrictions, no customs that an aristocrat mut go into the president’s chair because his father was in there. That is one custom we don’t tolerate – [page break] IX You may not think it worth my time to persuade Mrs. McDougal to like you – Gee, I wish you hadn’t written those things about her – because I showed her a couple of your letters & she liked you very much & she even wanted to get you a Visa to come to the U.S. She has pull & it was no trouble to get passage for her husband’s father, either to come to America, or when he returned to England. She wanted you to come on a 3 month Visa, & said you were always welcome at her house – she was to do this for both our goods. She wanted us to know each other under normal conditions; wanted us to see if the 2 countries COULD meet & get along. She wanted to know if YOU could leave your parents & home-land and have no regrets. But I don’t suppose you’d want to accept such hospitality from a person you so thoroughly despise. I’m afraid I’ll have to accept your scrubbing of any plans to come to [page break] [missing page] [page break] XI a scientific world that we are, but I wouldn’t be happy. If I write books that won’t sell – all my life – and achieve happiness, then I have gained everything. I don’t know if you’ll want to keep writing to me, or not. The newspaper that published my other article wants me to write one about the Pacific, tracing my brother’s experiences & escapades – now I’m bickering over the financial situation I [underlined] don’t [/underlined] have to write it; the editor needs it, & if I spend a couple of days laboring [sic] over another eight column story, he will pay – plenty. For now I’ll cut this off – It’s time for lunch – Just, Ford 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 Cathie from Ford Killen Description An account of the resource Writes that he had received her letters and describes his latest activities including meeting up with his brother who he had not seen for 4 years. Mentions his plans for the future and describes in detail a friend who Cathie seems to have disapproved of. Gives reasons for his plans to go and live in Elmira New York. Continues with long ramblings and speculates on her coming to the United States. 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Under review Pending review Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EKillenFReidKM451030 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 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall Montgomery, Bernard (1887 - 1976) https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1532/24187/PChadwickR19040016.jpg 22d895fabb39270830d3faa70e665ec8 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1532/24187/PChadwickR19040017.jpg c1700ee703c06c3af7c06d3064b826d1 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1532/24187/PChadwickR19040100.jpg 895029f41a474cafd3a0ba4766b1ea53 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1532/24187/PChadwickR19040101.jpg 5cc4ce6ac9d370e3dfb7af6704cbea0a 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 Chadwick, Roy. 1940s Description An account of the resource 69 items. Photographs of people, places and aircraft Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is property of Delphine S Stevens who has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0) permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘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. 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 Lancastrian C2 on taxiway Description An account of the resource A view from above of an four engine airliner taxiing, registration VM702. In the background buildings and hangars. On the reverse of first photograph '30th Oct 1945, Avro [York - crossed out] Lancastrian IV at RAE Farnborough'. On reverse of second photograph 'The Avro Lancastrian'. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-10-30 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Farnborough (Hampshire) England--Hampshire Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-10-30 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two b/w photgraphs Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PChadwickR19040016, PChadwickR19040017, PChadwickR19040100, PChadwickR19040101 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 property of Delphine S Stevens who has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0) permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘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. Lancastrian taxiway https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1414/28040/SWareingR86325v10007.jpg d894ec925b1ed712062f4f4949088fc4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1414/28040/SWareingR86325v10008.jpg d6514b167f62e5b2edb01aa221141560 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 Wareing, Robert R Wareing Description An account of the resource 258 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Robert Wareing DFC* (86325 Royal Air Force) and contains his flying logbooks, prisoner of war log book, memoirs, photographs, extensive personal and official correspondence, official documents, pilots/handling notes, decorations, mementos, uniform badges and buttons. He flew operations as a pilot with 106 Squadron. After a period of instructing he returned to operations on 582 Squadron but was shot down and became a prisoner of war. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Andrew Wareing 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 2016-10-05 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 Wareing, R 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 Robert Wareing Service and Release book Description An account of the resource Cover and page showing clearance certificate. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-10-30 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Cover and two pages of printed booklet Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Service material Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SWareingR86325v10007, SWareingR86325v10008 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-10-30 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 demobilisation https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2383/45716/EDuncanMJacobyFT451030-0001.jpg 2ac8796e71e414e5bcdbb84dd5f4d0f5 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2383/45716/EDuncanMJacobyFT451030-0002.jpg 85a8bcb5c28b6d2b350aac5a97cee066 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2383/45716/EDuncanMJacobyFT451030-0003.jpg f1e50ab33edc5640321cfc82c068a188 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2383/45716/EDuncanMJacobyFT451030-0004.jpg 692e25842e4523eccf8b14b14a348a99 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2383/45716/EDuncanMJacobyFT451030-0005.jpg b081c544c5b3bc0be278d5dd290a8a94 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 Jacoby, Maurice Description An account of the resource 70 items. The collection concerns Flying officer Maurice Jacoby (79375 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a navigator with 142 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Barbara Duncan and catalogued by Barry Hunter. <br /><br />Additional information on Maurice Jacoby is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/111892/">IBCC Losses Database</a>. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-10-06 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Jacoby, M 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 Maurice Jacoby's Father Description An account of the resource The letter, written by Maurice's brother, states he has visited the cemetery in Kiel where Maurice is buried. There is no marker for his grave so he has had a cross made and he will add a suitable inscription, if his parents agree. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-10-30 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Germany--Kiel 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 British Army Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two double sided handwritten sheets and envelope Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDuncanMJacobyFT451030-0001, EDuncanMJacobyFT451030-0002, EDuncanMJacobyFT451030-0003, EDuncanMJacobyFT451030-0004, EDuncanMJacobyFT451030-0005 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. 1945-10-30 aircrew final resting place killed in action