Letter card from Kenneth Gill to his parents

Letter card from Kenneth Gill to his parents

Writes that he had been busy, operation to Berlin previous night. Describes life in the officers' mess. Mentions that Tom says he will come to Leeds and act as groomsman.

1943-09-04

One page handwritten letter card

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LETTER [crest] CARD
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MR & MRS F. GILL.
55, KYFFIN AVENUE
HALTON.
LEEDS.
YORKSHIRE.

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P/o GILL. K.
OFFICERS MESS
RAF. STATION.
BARDNEY
SEPT. 4TH/43

Dear mum, dad, & David.

Sorry I couldn't write before. I've been very busy changing quarters, and then we were over Berlin last night. The officers Mess here is very nice, everybody tried to help, and there's no air of officialdom round the place either. We flew over the outskirts of Templenewsam this morning on our way home, but I couldn't see anything or anybody I knew. Tom says he [underlined] will [/underlined] come to Leeds this next leave and says he'll act as groomsman for me, “I think he likes riding round in cars”, so do you think he could come up on Friday night, as the trains are bad from Barnsley or Darton on a Saturday? I'll write again as soon as I can, so cheerio for now. Lots of love Ken. xxxx David xxxx