Letter from Ron Witty to his mother, father and siblings

Letter from Ron Witty to his mother, father and siblings

Airgram No 2. Continuation from no 1. Says he had now taken 4 exams out of 13 or 14 and knows he passed the first three. Catches up with family mail received and news of friends who was over from Queenstown. Mentions catching up with other friends in town at the weekend.

1943-05-25

One page handwritten letter

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MR. & MRS. H.A. WITTY,
63 FARNDALE AVENUE,
SOUTHCOATES LANE,
HULL,
YORKS.,
ENGLAND.
107921
Sender’s Name and Address: 1520694 L.A.C. WITTY A.R.,
12 A.N. COURSE, 41 AIR SCHOOL,
COLLONDALE, E. LONDON, S. AFRICA.
Date: 25/5/43
[underlined] AIRGRAPH NO. 2. [/underlined]
Dear Mum, Dad, Hazel, & Norman,
This is the continuation from No. 1. I have a little news for you this week regarding my present course. We have taken 4 exams. so far out of 13 or 14 and we know we have all passed the first 3 of them. By the time you receive this we shall [deleted] [indecipherable letter] [/deleted] probably know the results of 2 or 3 more exams.
By the way I received an airgraph from Aunt Ettie late last week in [deleted] the [/deleted] reply to one I sent as I was about to leave Woodbrook.
I saw Fred Rolph again just over a week ago when he was over from Queenstown to spend a week-end with the Smyth’s. He is getting on fine and now runs his own soccer team. They’re very keen on soccer at Queenstown. I also had a very pleasant meeting with 2 of my old Torquay mates in town on Saturday morning. They were Ted Julier (an ex P.C.) and Ernie Gates whose name you will remember. They are 3 weeks further ahead of me on a similar training course at Queenstown so they will be passing out in just over 3 weeks time. Lucky devils!
I wonder how you all are, at home. I’m fine. I expect it seems strange to you nowadays when there is no aircraft overhead. Cheerio now, & God bless you all,
Your affectionate, Ron XXXXXX