Letter to Joan Wareing from RAF central depository
Title
Letter to Joan Wareing from RAF central depository
Description
Refers to her husband’s personal effects and asking if a Gladstone bag with the initials J.K.O. was with them. They had received a letter from the mother of Flight Sergeant Campbell who was enquiring as the whereabouts of this bag as it belonged to her son. They apologise for any inconvenience.
Date
1944-11-29
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One page typewritten letter
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ERAFCentDepWareingJ441129
Transcription
CENTRAL DEPOSITORY,
ROYAL AIR FORCE,
COLNBROOK,
SLOUGH, BUCKS.
Telephone Nos. :- COLNBROOK 231 – 232.
Any communications on the subject of this letter should be addressed to –
OFFICER IN CHARGE,
CENTRAL DEPOSITORY,
ROYAL AIR FORCE,
COLNBROOK,
SLOUGH, BUCKS.
and the following number quoted –
[deleted] Your [/deleted] Ref. – BX.21257.
Date 29th November, 1944.
[underlined] 86325 S/L Wareing. R. (D.F.C. & Bar) [/underlined]
Dear Madam,
With reference to the personal effects of your husband forwarded to you on 17th October, 1944, I am trying to trace a Gladstone Bag the property of F/Sgt. Campbell who was a member of the same crew as your husband.
The mother of F/Sgt. Campbell has written enquiring about the bag which is marked with the initials J.K.O. The Unit state that a Gladstone bag was not found amongst the effects of F/Sgt. Campbell but that one was sent with your husband’s.
Would you kindly let me know if the bag sent to you was initialled J.K.O.
I am sorry to trouble you in this matter and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Yours faithfully,
[signature]
Wing Commander, Commanding,
[underlined] R.A.F. Central Depository. [/underlined]
Mrs J. Wareing,
56, West Common Gardens,
Old Brumby,
Scunthorpe,
[underlined] Lincs. [/underlined]
ROYAL AIR FORCE,
COLNBROOK,
SLOUGH, BUCKS.
Telephone Nos. :- COLNBROOK 231 – 232.
Any communications on the subject of this letter should be addressed to –
OFFICER IN CHARGE,
CENTRAL DEPOSITORY,
ROYAL AIR FORCE,
COLNBROOK,
SLOUGH, BUCKS.
and the following number quoted –
[deleted] Your [/deleted] Ref. – BX.21257.
Date 29th November, 1944.
[underlined] 86325 S/L Wareing. R. (D.F.C. & Bar) [/underlined]
Dear Madam,
With reference to the personal effects of your husband forwarded to you on 17th October, 1944, I am trying to trace a Gladstone Bag the property of F/Sgt. Campbell who was a member of the same crew as your husband.
The mother of F/Sgt. Campbell has written enquiring about the bag which is marked with the initials J.K.O. The Unit state that a Gladstone bag was not found amongst the effects of F/Sgt. Campbell but that one was sent with your husband’s.
Would you kindly let me know if the bag sent to you was initialled J.K.O.
I am sorry to trouble you in this matter and apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Yours faithfully,
[signature]
Wing Commander, Commanding,
[underlined] R.A.F. Central Depository. [/underlined]
Mrs J. Wareing,
56, West Common Gardens,
Old Brumby,
Scunthorpe,
[underlined] Lincs. [/underlined]
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Citation
“Letter to Joan Wareing from RAF central depository,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/28244.
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