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Title
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Turner, John
Albion John Turner
A J Turner
Description
An account of the resource
<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/228620/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>116 items. Concerns Flight Sergeant Albion John Turner (1911 - 1939, 561939 Royal Air Force) who joined the RAF as an apprentice in 1927. After service as a fitter he re-mustered as a pilot in 1935 and after training served on 216 Squadron flying Vickers Victoria and Valentia before moving to 9 Squadron on Handley Page Heyfords in 1936. He converted to Wellingtons February 1939 and was killed when his aircraft was shot down on 4 September 1939 during operations against shipping at Brunsbüttel. Collection consists of an oral history interview with Penny Turner his daughter (b. 1938), correspondence, official documents, his logbook and photographs. <br /><br />Additional information on Albion John Turner <span>is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/228620/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IBCC Losses Database</a><br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Penny Turner and catalogued by Nigel Huckins
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-05-29
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Turner, J
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Telephone No.: RUISLIP 3381 ;
and direct lines from Air Ministry.
Telegraphic Address :
RECORDS, RUISLIP.
Any communications on the subject of this letter should be addressed to :-
OFFICER i/c RECORDS,
ROYAL AIR FORCE,
RUISLIP, MIDDLESEX,
and the following number
quoted :- C7/561938
RECORD OFFICE,
ROYAL AIR FORCE,
RUISLIP.
MIDDLESEX.
Date 31st January 1940
Dear Madam,
With reference to my letter C7/561938 dated 17th November 1939, according to information received from the Air Ministry, it is reported that your late husband was buried in Section D, Grave No. 268 in the Wilhelmshaven Cemetery on the 13th September 1939.
I am,
Dear Madam,
Your obedient Servant,
[signature]
Flying Officer,
for Air Commodore,
Officer i/c Records,
Royal Air Force.
Mrs. K.W. Turner,
Fotherby Vicarage,
Fotherby, Nr. Louth.
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Title
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Letter to Kaye Turner from Royal Air Force records office
Description
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Letter informing her that her late husband was buried in section D, grave no, 268 in Wilhelmshaven cemetery on 13 September 1939.
Creator
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H W Saunders
Date
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1940-01-31
Format
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One page typewritten letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Text. Service material
Identifier
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ESaundersHWTurnerKW400131
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--London
England--Lincolnshire
England--Louth
Germany
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
Temporal Coverage
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1939-09-13
1940-01-31
Rights
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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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IBCC Digital Archive
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Georgie Donaldson
final resting place
killed in action
RAF Ruislip