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Wareing, Robert
R Wareing
Description
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258 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Robert Wareing DFC* (86325 Royal Air Force) and contains his flying logbooks, prisoner of war log book, memoirs, photographs, extensive personal and official correspondence, official documents, pilots/handling notes, decorations, mementos, uniform badges and buttons. He flew operations as a pilot with 106 Squadron. After a period of instructing he returned to operations on 582 Squadron but was shot down and became a prisoner of war.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Andrew Wareing and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-10-05
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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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Wareing, R
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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]
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Letter to Joan Wareing from RAF central depository
Description
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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
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1944-11-29
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Tricia Marshall
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One page typewritten letter
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eng
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Text. Correspondence
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ERAFCentDepWareingJ441129
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Buckinghamshire
England--Slough
England--Lincolnshire
England--Scunthorpe
England--Berkshire
Temporal Coverage
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1944-11-29
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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