Letter from Ian Wynn to his wife

Letter from Ian Wynn to his wife

Writes about dispute with grandfather and asks for her help in sorting it out. Mentions he will take the board for promotion to leading aircraftsman and thinks he will pass. Mentions paratroop exercises he has seen.

1942-06-08

Two page handwritten letter and envelope

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[Envelope]
Mrs K Wynn,
Sunny Brae,
Norley,
Frodsham,
Warrington
Lancs.
[postmark]
SLEAFORD
10 JNE
1942
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Reverse of envelope
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8
[underlined] 7 [/underlined]
216
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[underlined] 4.4 [/underlined]
1.0
3.120
[underlined] 2 [/underlined]
[underlined] 7.4 [/underlined]
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Hut 39,
West Camp
Cranwell
8th June 1942.
Dearest
Many thanks for your letter to hand this morning, I am sorry to hear that you are not too well but I am pleased hear you have written about a holiday at Rhyll, it should do you all good. I hope to have a few days at Wyrley about the 19th, but as I had previously said I dont [sic] I shall be able to manage Norley or Rhyll.
I have had a letter from Rex today in which [inserted] he says [/inserted] Grandad has written him a nasty letter telling him off about a lot of things also complaining that “we had taken a trunk of his Therefore I have written to Grandad saying that you will be writing to him when the trunk is returned to Wyrley. As far as “We know the trunk was dads [sic]”. [corrected] Also [/corrected] I have [underlined] not [/underlined] mentioned that I have from Rex yet so Please dispatch the Trunk (not the lock) & write and tell him that it is en route & make no comment what so
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ever about it.
I expect to take my L.A.C board within the next week, I think Ill [sic] pass it OK anyway Ill [sic] try. It will another 6 a day for me anyway. [underlined] 9th June [/underlined]
I had to pack up in the middle of the last sentence last night & go out and finish a job off.
Oh! When I was coming to Manchester the other day I saw some Para troop Exercises. They were dropping them at Mobberley. They looked nice coming down with [corrected] their [/corrected] white parashoots [sic] I was away from here just at the right time, because the whole of the while I was away they were working like hell& no one had had a single night off the whole time. Things are not quite so bad as that now
Hurry up and write a nice letter because it will probably be two months before I see you again & I shall miss you lots of times in that period & the boys too.
Well I must be closing now I want to write to Rex, & to Worcester.
All my love
Yours
Ian