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Title
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Valentine, John
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
J R M Valentine
Description
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674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-09-06
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Identifier
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Valentine, JRM
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Transcription
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Final [indecipherable word] today!
Kriegsgefangenenlager Datum: 10th November 1943
Very happy to have, today, yours of 6th Oct & glad to know that you’ve had some from me at long last. [One sentence censored] I’m always mild in comparison in my comments of local conditions which frankly a[remainder indecipherable] [two indecipherable words] the best. Interested to read of Touche’s pension – I have 14 yrs of previous service which I lose by it. However I must be thankful for what I get & will write to G.T. My Father tells me he has stopped sending tobacco & cigs until “contact is renewed.” Most donors seem to increase gifts when supply route [inserted] is [/inserted] threatened in the hope that at least a portion will get through. I get very tired at times, dearest, & long for you passionately. Hope you & Frances are fit. Always yrs
John.
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77/134
Kriegsgenfangenenpost
[postmark] GEPRÜFT 25 [/postmark] Postkarte [postmark] PASSED P.W. 5884 [/postmark] [postmark]
An Mrs U. M. VALENTINE
Gebührenfrei! c/o [deleted] LITTLE CLOSE [/deleted] [inserted] FELMERSHAM [/inserted]
Empfangsort: [deleted] DEVON ROAD [/deleted] [inserted] BOTTRELL’S LANE [/inserted]
Straße: [deleted] SALCOMBE, DEVON [/deleted] [inserted] CHALFONT ST GILES [/inserted]
Land: [deleted] ENGLAND [/deleted]
Landesteil (Provinz usw.)
[inserted] BUCKS. [/inserted]
Absender:
Vor- und Zuname:
Sgt. J.R.M. VALENTINE
Gefangenennummer: 450
Lager-Bezeichnung:
M.-Stammlager Luft 3
[inserted] LAGER “A” [/inserted]
Deutschland (Germany)
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Title
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Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Description
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Number 77-134. John tells her of his pension situation and that his father is not sending more tobacco until contact resumed. He also tells Ursula that he gets tired and longs passionately for her.
Date
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1943-11-10
Contributor
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Steve Christian
Format
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Two sided handwritten postcard
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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EValentineJRMValentineUM431110
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Lithuania
Lithuania--Šilutė
Great Britain
England--Buckinghamshire
England--Chalfont St. Giles
England--Devon
England--Salcombe
Temporal Coverage
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1943-11-10
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.
Creator
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John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
prisoner of war
Stalag Luft 6