Letter from Douglas Waters to Caterpillar Club

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Letter from Douglas Waters to Caterpillar Club

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A letter from Douglas to the Caterpillar Club applying for membership. It was written whilst in a prisoner of war camp.

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1941-04-30

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Two copies of a handwritten sheet

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MWatersDW910761-200907-01, MWatersDW910761-200907-01

Transcription

Kriegsgefangenenlager
Stalag Luft 2

[inserted] 16/6 [/inserted]

Datum: 30/4/41

910761 SGT WATERS
STALAG-LUFT 2
GERMANY

Dear Sirs,

I was shot down last month & baled out at about 400 feet & landed safely in some trees, the rest of my companions were killed. I was using one of your shutes [sic] so I believe I am eligible for membership of the Caterpillar Club, My home address is:- 7 Parrock Avenue, Gravesend Kent.

Yours sincerely
Douglas Waters

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7, Parrock Avenue
Gravesend,

18th Aug 1941.

Leslie. L. Irwin Esq.,
Hon: Secretary,
C/O Irving Air Chute of Gt B, [indecipherable word]
Icknield Way,
Letchworth, Herts.

Dear Sir,

I thank you for your letter of 13th Aug with enclosed caterpillar pin for my son Sgt. D.W. Waters.

I am pleased to accept and keep the pin on my son’s behalf until he returns home which I hope will not be too long.

My son was shot down by German night fighters over Holland on the night of March 13th-14th 1941.

Reciprocating your compliments and again thanking you

Yours faithfully,

Leonard. D. Waters

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[duplicate of page one]

Citation

Douglas Waters, “Letter from Douglas Waters to Caterpillar Club,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 12, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/35560.

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