Letter to Leonard Cheshire from F Handley Page

Letter to Leonard Cheshire from F Handley Page

Congratulations on award of Victoria Cross. Has followed ever since Cheshire was on Halifax.

1944-09-15

One-page typewritten letter

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Cricklewood,
London
N.W.2.
13th September 1944.

My dear Cheshire

Very many congratulations on your being awarded the V.C. which you thoroughly deserve. I have followed with the closet of interest the great work you have done ever since the time when you were on the Halifax.

With kind regards and Best wishes, in which everyone at the Works joins me,
Yours sincerely
F Hanley Page
[underlined]F. HANDLEY PAGE. [/underlined]

Wind Commander L. Cheshire, V.C.
c/o D.D.P.2.
Air Ministry
Adastral House
Kingsway, W.C.2.