Condolence letter
Title
Condolence letter
Description
To Bill's father when Bill failed to return from an operation.
Creator
Date
1944-05-31
Temporal Coverage
Spatial Coverage
Language
Format
Two page typewritten letter
Publisher
Rights
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Contributor
Identifier
ESmithJABrooksAH440531-0001, ESmithJABrooksAH440531-0002
Transcription
AIR MINISTRY,
(Casualty Branch),
73-77 OXFORD STREET,
LONDON, W.1.
Telephone No. : GERRARD 9234
Trunk calls and Telegraphic Address: “AIR MINISTRY,” LONDON
P.417642/3/P.4.A.2.
31 May, 1944.
Sir,
I am commanded by the Air Council to express to you their great regret on learning that your son, Flight Sergeant William Alfred Brooks, Royal Air Force, is missing as the result of air operations on the night of 24th/25th May, 1944, when a Halifax aircraft in which he was flying as air bomber set out to bomb Aachen, Germany, and failed to return.
This does not necessarily mean that he is killed or wounded, and if he is a prisoner of war he should be able to communicate with you in due course. Meanwhile enquiries are being made through the International Red Cross Committee, and as soon as any definite news is received you will be at once informed.
/If any
A.H. Brooks, Esq.,
49, The Drive,
North Harrow,
Middlesex.
[page break]
If any information regarding your son is received by you from any source you are requested to be kind enough to communicate it immediately to the Air Ministry.
The Air Council desire me to convey to you their sympathy in your present anxiety.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
[signature]
(Casualty Branch),
73-77 OXFORD STREET,
LONDON, W.1.
Telephone No. : GERRARD 9234
Trunk calls and Telegraphic Address: “AIR MINISTRY,” LONDON
P.417642/3/P.4.A.2.
31 May, 1944.
Sir,
I am commanded by the Air Council to express to you their great regret on learning that your son, Flight Sergeant William Alfred Brooks, Royal Air Force, is missing as the result of air operations on the night of 24th/25th May, 1944, when a Halifax aircraft in which he was flying as air bomber set out to bomb Aachen, Germany, and failed to return.
This does not necessarily mean that he is killed or wounded, and if he is a prisoner of war he should be able to communicate with you in due course. Meanwhile enquiries are being made through the International Red Cross Committee, and as soon as any definite news is received you will be at once informed.
/If any
A.H. Brooks, Esq.,
49, The Drive,
North Harrow,
Middlesex.
[page break]
If any information regarding your son is received by you from any source you are requested to be kind enough to communicate it immediately to the Air Ministry.
The Air Council desire me to convey to you their sympathy in your present anxiety.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
[signature]
Collection
Citation
Great Britain. Air Ministry, “Condolence letter,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 23, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/27170.
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