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Jackson, Roy
R Jackson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-06-23
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Jackson, R
Description
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Nine items. The collection concerns Roy Jackson (1098586, Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, telegrams, letters and an air gunner's brevet. He flew operations as a an air gunner with 620 Squadron and was killed 23 June 1943. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by S Burn and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Roy Jackson is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/214365/">IBCC Losses Database.</a>
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R.A.F Sub-Station Chedburgh,
Bury St. Edmunds,
SUFFOLK.
23rd June, 1943.
Dear Mr. Jackson,
I am writing to offer you the sincere sympathy both of myself and the whole Squadron in the anxiety you have experienced since learning that your son Sgt. Jackson is missing from operations.
He was the rear gunner of an aircraft which took off on the night of 22/23rd June, 1943, to operate against the enemy. No message was received from the aircraft and it failed to return. Nothing has since been heard of it or any of the crew.
There is a possibility that your son may have escaped from the aircraft by parachute or in a forced landing in enemy territory, in which case he would be a Prisoner of War and news of that would not reach us perhaps for many weeks. The International Red Cross would be the first to receive any further news and they would pass it immediately to the Air Ministry. The Air Ministry would therefore communicate with you direct, thus avoiding as much delay as possible.
I feel most deeply for you in this anxious time. If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know. We all join with you in hoping and praying that your son is safe.
Yours very sincerely,
[signature]
Wing Commander, Commanding,
[underlined]No. 620 Sqdn[/underlined]
Mr. C. G. Jackson.
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Title
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Letter to Roy Jackson's father from OC 620 Squadron
Description
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Offers sympathy over news that his son was missing from operations.
Creator
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Officer Commanding 620 Squadron
Date
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1943-06-23
Format
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One page typewritten letter
Language
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eng
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Text
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Identifier
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E[Author]JacksonCG430623
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Suffolk
England--Bury St. Edmunds
Temporal Coverage
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1943-06-23
1943-06-22
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David Bloomfield
Rights
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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
620 Squadron
missing in action