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Title
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Madgett, Hedley Robert
H R Madgett
Description
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250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'.<br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-03-17
2019-06-14
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Madgett, H
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77 Richmond Rd.
Lincoln
25.8.43.
Dear Mum and Dad,
Thanks for the two letters received in the last week.
I’m extremely sorry to hear the bad news about Hedley and only hope he’s OK and a prisoner.
It seems such hard luck coming down on his last op, but knowing him, he’s sure to be alright. When I first read the news, I decided to get into the R.A.F., but on second thoughts I’ll do that if anything has happened to him – just by way of getting a bit of my own back.
[page break]
By the way, I wont be home for four weeks as I said – I got the dates mixed up. It’ll only be a week – Sep. 17 to Sep. 27.
Had a letter from Nell last week – not much news – and I suppose I’ll have to reply soon.
The German wireless said that Lincoln had been flattened in that raid you mentioned last week but in fact, we only heard one plane, no bombs and no guns, so you can see what twisters they are.
Thanks very much for the second lot of apples and peas, only one of
[page break]
which was bad, and thanks also for the chocolate.
I am enclosing the insurance form for the motor bike, and as you say, I wont be insuring it any more, - well, for a good while anyway.
Well, I think that’s all for now so I’ll bid adieu,
Peter
P.S. Tell Mum to cheer up – he’ll be okay.
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Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from his brother Peter
Description
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Sorry to hear bad news about Hedley. Bad luck coming down on his last operation. Talks of joining the Royal Air Force. Catches up with news of leave and friends. Mentions that German radio had reported Lincoln was flattened but he had heard nothing. Catches up with family news.
Creator
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P Madgett
Date
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1943-08-25
Format
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Four page handwritten letter
Language
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eng
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Text. Correspondence
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EMadgettPMadgettAG-JR430825
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Lincoln
Temporal Coverage
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1943-08-25
1943-08-17
1943-08-18
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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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David Bloomfield
bombing
missing in action