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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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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.
Identifier
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Valentine, JRM
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Transcription
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ASEA
ALLMANNA SVENSKA ELEKTRISKA AKTIEBOLAGET
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT 62/641 VASTERAS SWEDEN 2ND May, 1944
Sergeant John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
No. 450
STALAG LUFT 6
Deutschland
[stamp]
GEPRUFT
108
Dear Mr. Valentine,
Further to my letter of the 19th ult. I, herewith, beg to inform you that I got a message asking me to tell you that your parents are well and that they send you their best birthday greetings. I do not know if this letter will reach you in time for your birthday but anyhow I hope that the above information with the birthday greetings will please you. I beg to join the birthday greetings even if they are too late and hoping to see you later on, I beg to remain,
Sincerely yours,
[signature]
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Title
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Letter to John Valentine
Description
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Letter from foreign department of a Swedish company ASEA. Informing his that sender had received a message from his parents that they were well and that they wished him a happy birthday.
Date
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1944-05-02
Format
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One page typewritten letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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SValentineJRM1251404v20030-0001
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Sweden
Sweden--Västerås
Lithuania
Lithuania--Šilutė
Temporal Coverage
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1944-05-02
Creator
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H Wernekinck
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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David Bloomfield
prisoner of war
Stalag Luft 6