Telegram to parents

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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.

Date

1941-11-07

Temporal Coverage

Language

Format

Two page handwritten telegram

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

Citation

Great Britain. Air Ministry, “Telegram to parents,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 27, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/25589.

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