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Donaldson, David
David Donaldson
D Donaldson
Description
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309 Items and a sub-collection of 51 items. Concerns Royal Air Force career of Wing Commander David Donaldson DSO and bar, DFC. A pilot, he joined the Royal Air Force Reserve in 1934. Mobilized in 1939. he undertook tours on 149, 57 and 156 and 192 Squadrons. He was photographed by Cecil Beaton at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. Collection contains a large number of letters to and from family members, friends as well as Royal Air Force personnel. Also included are personal and service documents, and his logbooks. In addition, there are photographs of family, service personnel and aircraft. After the war he became a solicitor. The collection also contains an oral history interview with Frances Grundy, his daughter.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anna Frances Grundy and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-06-02
2022-10-17
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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.
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Donaldson, D
Grundy, AF
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[law society crest]
LAW SOCIETY'S HALL,
CHANCERY LANE,
LONDON. W.C.
25th April, 1946
BM/H
Dear Sir,
I observe with pleasure from your completed National Service and Post War Aid questionnaire that you have been awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order. Please accept my heartiest congratulations.
I should be obliged if you would kindly agree the following for insertion in due course in the Society's Gazette -
[underlined] Donaldson, David William, D.S.O., D.F.C., [/underlined]
Wing Commander, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, awarded a Bar to the Distinguished Service Order in July, 1945. He is articled to Mr. P. C. Fawcett, 16, Old Broad Street, E.C.
Yours faithfully,
T.C. Lund
Secretary
D. W. Donaldson, Esq., D.S.O., D.F.C.
The Elms,
42, Pear tree Avenue,
Bitterne, Southampton.
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Title
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Letter to David Donaldson from T C Lund
Description
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Congratulations on award of bar to Distinguished Service Order and request agreement for insertion of entry into the Law Society Gazette of short summary of Royal Air Force service and awards.
Creator
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T C Lund - Law Society
Date
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1946-04-25
Language
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eng
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Identifier
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ELundTCDonaldsonDW460425
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--London
England--Hampshire
England--Southampton
Temporal Coverage
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1946-04-25
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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.
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One-page typewritten letter
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Frances Grundy
Distinguished Service Order