Letter from Ron Witty to his mother, father and siblings

Letter from Ron Witty to his mother, father and siblings

Reports recent mail and catches up with family news. Writes that his flight have at last started training. His course would take 9 weeks and then he would move to another station. Writes about weather and sunburn.

1943-01-31

One page handwritten letter

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MR. & MRS. H.A. WITTY,
63 FARNDALE AVENUE,
SOUTHCOATES LANE,
HULL,
YORKS.,
[underlined] ENGLAND. [/underlined]
Sender’s Address: 1520694 L.A.C. WITTY A.R.,
R.A.F., 48 AIR SCHOOL,
WOODBROOK,
EAST LONDON, S. AFRICA.
Dear Mum, Dad, Hazel and Norman,
I received my first Airgraph from you yesterday. It was dated 8/1/43 so it had certainly moved quickly. In it Mother mentioned that Norman was at home on New Year’s day and left on the Sunday but didn’t tell me where he is stationed. I hope he is much nearer home that he was at his first two stations. I’m glad to hear that you received my cable and first Airgraph and I only hope you received the cable before Christmas. You will have noticed the large round handwriting on the first of my Airgraph. The explanation is that I thought it wouldn’t be very easy to read if I wrote any smaller. It took me twice as long to write that size. If you find any difficulty in reading this size just let me know.
Things are much improved here as far as I’m concerned. Our flight has at last started on the course and we have just completed the first week. It will be a 9 weeks’ course and then we shall be posted to another station, providing we pass the examinations. We have a lot of work to get through and shall certainly have our noses to the grindstone all the way, but there is a general feeling of relief that we’re doing something worthwhile once more.
We are having very good weather at present and not too hot. Two or three weeks ago I was feeling rather sore about it; I had blisters on my shoulders and then all the skin on my shoulders and surrounding area [inserted] started to [/inserted] peel off. I have had my new skin nearly 2 weeks now. I hope you haven’t been getting too sunburned recently. Cheerio once more. Try to get more lines on your airgraphs. Hope you’re all A.1. God bless you all.
Ron XXXXXX