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Title
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McDonald, Donald
Donald Alexander McDonald
Donald A McDonald
Donald McDonald
D A McDonald
D McDonald
Description
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Five items. One oral history interview with Donald Alexander McDonald (1920 - 2021, 410364 Royal Australian Air Force) as well as two letters, a concert programme and notes on his interview. He flew operations as a pilot with 466 and 578 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Donald McDonald and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-10-13
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McDonald, D
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[royal coat of arms]
CENTRAL CHANCERY OF
THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD,
ST JAMES’S PALACE S. W. 1.
11th June 1945.
[underlined]CONFIDENTIAL[/underlined]
Sir,
The King will hold an Investiture at Buckingham Palace on Friday, the 22nd June, 1945, at which your attendance is requested.
It is requested that you should be at the Palace not later than 10.15 o’clock a.m. (Doors open at 9.45 a.m.)
DRESS: - Service Dress; Morning Dress; Civil Defence Uniform or Dark Lounge Suit.
This letter should be produced by you on entering the Palace, as no further card of admission will be issued.
I am desired to inform you that you may be accompanied by two relations or friends to witness the Investiture, but I regret that owing to the limited accommodation available for spectators, it is not possible for this number to be increased. The spectators’ ticket may be obtained on application to this Office and I have to ask you, therefore, to complete the enclosed form and [underlined]and return it to me immediately[/underlined]
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
[signature]
Secretary.
Flying Officer Donald A. McDonald,
D.F.C. R.A.A.F.
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Title
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Letter to Donald McDonald from Buckingham Palace
Description
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Invites him to investiture on 22 June 1945.
Creator
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N M Stockley
Date
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1945-06-11
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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EStockleyNMMcDonaldDA450611
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Australian Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--London
Temporal Coverage
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1945-06-11
1945-06-22
Contributor
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David Bloomfield
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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.
Distinguished Flying Cross