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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
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529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[inserted] 23 [/inserted]
[inserted] 5-4-41 [/inserted]
10 Moorside Rd.
Kensal
Salford 7
England.
Monday. Jan. 27th. 1941.
My dear Douglas.
It was a great joy to us to have your letter dated, Nov. 1st. today, & to learn that you were well & all right at that time & also that you were enjoying such beautiful weather. You are right about our weather. It has been, & still is, very severe & snow was falling again tonight when we drew the curtains at 6 p.m. We are interested to learn that you have had various gifts of clothing & imagine that the leather jacket would be more suitable for use in this country than in Tunisia but perhaps as the winter advances you may have need of its protection. I went to Manchester this morning to try once again to get in touch with you by cable but no luck. Cables are only allowed to prisoners of war, on very urgent matters, & one to be sent via the Red Cross at Geneva so I was told when I went to see the Red Cross people this morning. They have all been most kind in trying to help us get in touch with you & we do so much appreciate what they have done. I took 2 pairs of socks which I had knitted & a lot of silver paper. The lady in charge of the stores asked if I would do more knitting if they supplied the wool so
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tonight I have begun to make a Khaki helmet, quite a new effort for me. The Red Cross in Mcr have had 1600 lbs of wool given to them but it must all be used for one special pattern of helmet & I am very interested in my new task. We thought it a very strange coincidence that your letter this morning told that you were trying to increase your allotment & by the same post we had the letter from the Air Ministry telling that the supplementary allotment of 21/- would be paid from 23/1/41 & that the new order book had been lodged at the Head Office at Salford. The allotment now to be paid is 35/- weekly. I suppose that is what you wish.
I am so glad you have many little treasures with you that are links with home. How did you manage to get a new strap for your watch? Are you allowed to go shopping & where do you get money from. Are you paid by the R.A.F. as you were in England, or does the “country of your adoption” supply necessary funds? Am glad you have removed the beard. The ‘tache was always a bit of a joke wasn’t it? but the beard!!! Well love it is getting near bed-time now & there is no need to tell you how you are always in our thoughts last thing at night & first thing in the morning & always we are looking forward to the day of joyous reunion.
All our love to you from Mother & Dad.
What does Chef mean? Must we accept the literal translation?
755052 J. D. Hudson (Sgt. Chef.)
Camp de Sejour Surfeille
S/courert Commandant D’armes
Le Kef.
Tunisie
Nord Afrique.
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Title
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
Description
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Received letter from him dated November 1st. mentions his weather and gifts of clothing he had received. Tried to get in touch by cable, no luck as only allowed for urgent matters and must be sent through red cross. Red Cross had been kind in helping them to get in touch. Comments on activities including use of wool donated to Red Cross. Discusses contact with air ministry about their allotment. Asked how he got new strap for watch and about what he can do in El Kef. Concludes with gossip.
Creator
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P Hudson
Date
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1941-01-27
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
Language
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eng
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Identifier
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EHudsonP-HEHudsonJD410127
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Salford (Greater Manchester)
North Africa
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1941-01-27
1941-04-05
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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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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
Red Cross