Letter from Ian Wynn to his wife
Title
Letter from Ian Wynn to his wife
Description
Thanks her for parcel and complains of mail distribution on base. Talks of flying and life on camp. Writes of weather prevention of colds.
Creator
Date
1942-12-08
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Language
Format
Two page handwritten letter and envelope
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Identifier
EWynnIAWynnK421208
Transcription
[Envelope]
MRS K Wynn,
Sunny Brae,
Norley,
Frodsham,
Warrington,
Lancs.
[stamp torn off]
[page break]
Reverse of envelope, no marks.
[page break]
[Letterhead] Salvation Army Crest [/Letterhead]
[Deleted] ON ACTIVE SERVICE
with the
CANADIAN FORCES [/deleted]
[inserted]
RAF
WICKENBY
LINCOLN
[/inserted]
[underlined] 8th-12- 42 194- [/underlined]
[inserted diagonally]
[underlined] PS [/underlined] Leave starts [deleted] 6 [/deleted] [inserted] 5 [/inserted] /1/43.
Dearest,
Thanks for the parcel & leter [sic] which I received yesterday (also the Wine). The delay was at this end & the Waaf [sic] officer who is in charge of the Roy’ [sic] [Royal] Mail Dept [Department] had gone on leave without appointing a deputy. She was recalled yesterday & hauled over the Coals. I contributed to the agony by reporting my delay etc.
Thanks again for the Pills wallet and Cig case not forgetting the onion too I am looking forward to my supper tonight. We are still quite busy here yet. I have not yet done any Cross Country flying may do a short trip tomorrow though. We are likely to pass near Delamaine on one of our trips but as I have
[page break]
The Sq [Squadron] /Leader for a pilot I doubt if I can get him to “Woble [sic] his wings” Still we will see what we can do when the time comes.
The weather here at the moment is mild here but mainly Misty which rather spoils local flying. The other chaps have come back off leave in the billet so things will be a bit more [corrected] cheerfull [/corrected] although they are not too cheerful as you may guess.
I was pleased to hear that the boys were OK & of course yourself. That Cold cure is really a preventative. It is “MIDGLEY’S ANTI-GRIPPE” sold by Taylors or Timothy Whites. Excellent stuff
Touching would [sic] my [indecipherable] is better so I shall not have to take any pills for a bit I hope. Well dearest I will close now
With all my love
[underlined] Yours Ian [/underlined]
MRS K Wynn,
Sunny Brae,
Norley,
Frodsham,
Warrington,
Lancs.
[stamp torn off]
[page break]
Reverse of envelope, no marks.
[page break]
[Letterhead] Salvation Army Crest [/Letterhead]
[Deleted] ON ACTIVE SERVICE
with the
CANADIAN FORCES [/deleted]
[inserted]
RAF
WICKENBY
LINCOLN
[/inserted]
[underlined] 8th-12- 42 194- [/underlined]
[inserted diagonally]
[underlined] PS [/underlined] Leave starts [deleted] 6 [/deleted] [inserted] 5 [/inserted] /1/43.
Dearest,
Thanks for the parcel & leter [sic] which I received yesterday (also the Wine). The delay was at this end & the Waaf [sic] officer who is in charge of the Roy’ [sic] [Royal] Mail Dept [Department] had gone on leave without appointing a deputy. She was recalled yesterday & hauled over the Coals. I contributed to the agony by reporting my delay etc.
Thanks again for the Pills wallet and Cig case not forgetting the onion too I am looking forward to my supper tonight. We are still quite busy here yet. I have not yet done any Cross Country flying may do a short trip tomorrow though. We are likely to pass near Delamaine on one of our trips but as I have
[page break]
The Sq [Squadron] /Leader for a pilot I doubt if I can get him to “Woble [sic] his wings” Still we will see what we can do when the time comes.
The weather here at the moment is mild here but mainly Misty which rather spoils local flying. The other chaps have come back off leave in the billet so things will be a bit more [corrected] cheerfull [/corrected] although they are not too cheerful as you may guess.
I was pleased to hear that the boys were OK & of course yourself. That Cold cure is really a preventative. It is “MIDGLEY’S ANTI-GRIPPE” sold by Taylors or Timothy Whites. Excellent stuff
Touching would [sic] my [indecipherable] is better so I shall not have to take any pills for a bit I hope. Well dearest I will close now
With all my love
[underlined] Yours Ian [/underlined]
Collection
Citation
Ian Archer Wynn, “Letter from Ian Wynn to his wife,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 12, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/11737.
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