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Title
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Wilson, Reginald Charles
R C Wilson
Description
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166 items. The collection concerns Reginald Charles Wilson (b. 1923, 1389401 Royal Air Force) and contains his wartime log, photographs, documents and correspondence. He few operations as a navigator with 102 Squadron. He was shot down on 20 January 1944 and became a prisoner of war.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Janet Hughes and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-01-13
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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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy.
Identifier
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Wilson, RC
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Transcription
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[Royal Air Force crest]
1061389. AC. McCARROLL.
HUT 12, SITE 7,
R.A.F. STATION,
ELVINGTON,
YORKS.
25-2-44.
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Wilson,
Just a few lines from one of Reg’s old crew. I was their mid-upper gunner until getting into some trouble for refusing to fly with another crew. Reg perhaps has told you of my case.
However, since then I’ve got the sad news of them reported missing & I do wish to sympathise with you all at home & his girl-friend Pat. I was very fond of my crew & happy when flying with them – that is why I had no faith in going with others. I thought the world off [sic] the boys & appreciated very much my highly skilled Navigator, because he pulled the old kite through many sticky patches back to base.
I have never yet met a crew with so much harmony as ours had, until
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the powers that be started to break us up & use us as “spare parts.” I sincerely hope you get good news of Reg. and I think you will because he has the best seat for leaving the kite in an emergency. If you do hear any news would you please let me know at the above address. I can give you two addressed of the crew. Johnny Bushell the rear gunners is:- 1 Brookfield Rd, Goldington, Bedford. & Laurie Underwood the Bomb Aimers is 2 South Durham St, Stockton-on-Tees.
Regards to you all at home & may God Bless you all.
Yours very Sincerely,
[underlined] “Mac” [/underlined]
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Title
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Letter to Reg Wilson's Parents from Mac
Description
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The letter is from one of Reg's old crew, Mac. He expresses sadness that he is missing and states he was an excellent flying companion.
Creator
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Mac Mc Carroll
Date
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1944-02-25
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Bedford
England--Bedfordshire
England--Durham (County)
England--Stockton-on-Tees
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Format
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Two handwritten sheets
Identifier
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EMcCarrollWilsonWJ-M440225-0001, EMcCarrollWilsonWJ-M440225-0002
Conforms To
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Pending text-based transcription. Under review
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.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Tricia Marshall
Temporal Coverage
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1944-02-25
air gunner
aircrew
bomb aimer
missing in action
navigator
RAF Elvington