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Title
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Baker, Donald Arthur
D A Baker
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-11-13
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Baker, DA
Description
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187 items. Donald Arthur Baker (b. 1921) travelled from Southern Rhodesia to England in 1940 to join the Royal Air Force. Trained as a pilot in 1941 he was operational with 144 Squadron at RAF North Luffenham flying Hampdens. He was shot down on 5 November 1941 and remained a prisoner of war mostly in Stalag Luft 3 until 1945. He return to farm in Southern Rhodesia after the war. The collection contains letters to his mother throughout the war as well as other correspondence and documents including his prisoner of war log with photographs and notes.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by June Baker Maree and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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c/o High Commissioner etc
16th Sept 1940.
My Dearest Mother,
Have received the third letter from you posted on [deleted] July [/deleted] Aug 4th, 10 days previous to the last one I received. However they are all welcome.
Am still at Bridgnorth You’ll be pleased to hear that I passed my Medical Test for a pilot and am waiting now to be posted for training. Judging by the news there is a spot of excitement to be had in the air 175 Germans down yesterday.
The weather has changed a lot in the last week. A lot of drizzle & cold. Went to Wolverhampton Saturday and the Sirens (Air Raid) sounded at 8 pm. Went to a dance which continued despite
[page break]
the raid. We left about 10 pm and so tried to get lodgings and we walked that town till [deleted] 4 [/deleted] 2 am without success. In desperation we went to an Air Raid shelter and managed to get an hours sleep till six o’clock. We then found an hotel that we knew about but couldn’t find it in the “black out” and lost ourselves in the effort. However we took a bed at six a.m. and breakfast at 2 pm. What a night as it was cold & raining and nobody seems to be able to direct one to anywhere decent.
Had a letter from Uncle Jim Said he had heard from you and of course wants me to go up there but it is absolutely impossible for the time being
[page break]
Tell Harry please that John Anderson who he knew at the tobacco station is over here and wishes to be remembered to him also Michael.
Saw a 6 weeks old Chronicle today. Big headlines about Rhodesian Air Contingent arriving in Britain. Must have caused quite a consternation when we left at the dead of night Yes I heard you shout
[underlined] Wednesday 17th [/underlined]
Just received another letter from you Glad you received the cable I was beginning to wonder when you would acknowledge it. By this time you should have received a few letters. I wrote to you from Cape Verde so you should have received that long ago
[page break]
Well dear mother I must close now hoping this finds you all as well and happy as it leaves me.
Much love to all in Rhodesia.
from
Your loving son
Donald
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Letter from Donald Baker to his mother
Description
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Received her third letter and says he is still at Bridgnorth. Mention he passed his medical for pilot and is awaiting posting for training. Mentions 175 Germans shot down previous day. Mentions weather, going to Wolverhampton and other activities including during air raids. Mentions letters from relatives but probably impossible to visit. Catches up with other news and discusses mail sent/received and his deferred pay.
Creator
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D A Baker
Date
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1940-09-16
Format
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Four page handwritten letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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SBakerDA19210428v20013
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--London
England--Staffordshire
England--Wolverhampton
England--Shropshire
Temporal Coverage
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1940-09-16
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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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Tricia Marshall
aircrew
bombing
pilot
RAF Bridgnorth
training