Letter from Ron Witty to his mother, father and siblings
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Letter from Ron Witty to his mother, father and siblings
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Writes that he is settled at Woodbrook in South Africa and tells a little about his life and training.
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1942-12-15
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One page handwritten letter
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EWittyARWitty[Fam]421215
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MRS. F. WITTY,
63 FARNDALE AVENUE,
SOUTHCOATES LANE,
HULL, YORKS.,
ENGLAND.
751417
Sender’s Address 1520694 L.A.C. WITTY A.R.,
48 AIR SCHOOL,
WOODBROOK.
EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA.
Date: 15/12/42
[circled NO. 2]
Dear Mum, Dad, Hazel and Norman,
I have got pretty well settled down here now, which is just as well, as I shall probably be here for 3 to 4 months. I am in E Flight, 4 Squadron, although this has no need to appear in the address. There are 28 of us in this flight and, happily, many of them are from the old B Flight of Torquay. I have a new pal now, a pleasant chap by the name of Godfrey. You may remember Gates who I used to go about with in Torquay? Well, he has been luckier than some of us as he is already started on the course while an unfortunate minority of us will have to wait at least 4 weeks yet to do so. There was room only for a limited number of us to start straight away and the ones chosen were those who were originally called-up first. I just missed by a week.
However, I’m still having a fine time here, and I only wish you could all be [deleted] [indecipherable letter] [/deleted] here to enjoy it too. Prices generally are about as high as in England, maybe slightly higher, but fruit is cheap and there’s no rationing as you know it.
Cheerio and best of luck,
Ron.
63 FARNDALE AVENUE,
SOUTHCOATES LANE,
HULL, YORKS.,
ENGLAND.
751417
Sender’s Address 1520694 L.A.C. WITTY A.R.,
48 AIR SCHOOL,
WOODBROOK.
EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA.
Date: 15/12/42
[circled NO. 2]
Dear Mum, Dad, Hazel and Norman,
I have got pretty well settled down here now, which is just as well, as I shall probably be here for 3 to 4 months. I am in E Flight, 4 Squadron, although this has no need to appear in the address. There are 28 of us in this flight and, happily, many of them are from the old B Flight of Torquay. I have a new pal now, a pleasant chap by the name of Godfrey. You may remember Gates who I used to go about with in Torquay? Well, he has been luckier than some of us as he is already started on the course while an unfortunate minority of us will have to wait at least 4 weeks yet to do so. There was room only for a limited number of us to start straight away and the ones chosen were those who were originally called-up first. I just missed by a week.
However, I’m still having a fine time here, and I only wish you could all be [deleted] [indecipherable letter] [/deleted] here to enjoy it too. Prices generally are about as high as in England, maybe slightly higher, but fruit is cheap and there’s no rationing as you know it.
Cheerio and best of luck,
Ron.
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A R Witty, “Letter from Ron Witty to his mother, father and siblings,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 18, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/32366.
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