Telegram to parents
Title
Telegram to parents
Description
Telegram from Air Ministry informing parents that their son Pilot Office Donald Baker is reported missing as result of air operations on 5 Nov 1941.
Creator
Date
1941-11-07
Language
Format
Two page handwritten telegram
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
SBakerDA19210428v20048
Transcription
POST OFFICE TELEGRAMS, S. RHODESIA No. 44
London 74/73 19.33 7/11 [postmark]
Via Jobrg 10.30 Immediate
C. Baker Esq
Chartlon Iny SR
Immediate from Air Ministry Kingsway P/3731 seven/eleven/fortyone regret to inform you that your son Pilot Officer Donald Arthur Baker is reported missing as result of
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Air Operations op 5th Nov 1941 stop any further information receive will be communicated to you immediately stop Should news of him reach you from any source please inform this department stop
London 74/73 19.33 7/11 [postmark]
Via Jobrg 10.30 Immediate
C. Baker Esq
Chartlon Iny SR
Immediate from Air Ministry Kingsway P/3731 seven/eleven/fortyone regret to inform you that your son Pilot Officer Donald Arthur Baker is reported missing as result of
[page break]
Air Operations op 5th Nov 1941 stop any further information receive will be communicated to you immediately stop Should news of him reach you from any source please inform this department stop
Collection
Citation
Great Britain. Air Ministry, “Telegram to parents,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 18, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/25589.
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