Letter from Harold Fry's father to the Air Ministry

Letter from Harold Fry's father to the Air Ministry

Applying for war gratuity on behalf of his son presumed killed 29 January 1944.

1945-09-08

One page typewritten letter and envelope

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The Air Ministry
Accounts 13 (W. G.)
Whittington Road
[underlined] WORCESTER [/underlined]
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From Leonard Fry
159, South park Drive,
Ilford, Essex.
Sat. 8th Septr. 1945.
To
The Air Ministry
Accounts 13 (W. G.)
Whittington Road. Worcester.
Dear Sirs,
I hereby apply for the War Gratuity on behalf of my son the late Acting Flight Lieutenant Harold Leonard Fry whose death was presumed to have occurred on the 29th January 1944, as stated in Air Ministry’s letter dated the 17th Novr. 1944, from the Casualty Branch, Oxford Street, London, see their ref. P.413129/7/44/P. 4. (b)
Yours truly
[signature]
Administrator of the estate of the late H. L. Fry