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Christian, Arnold Louis
A L Christian
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-06-26
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Christian, AL
Description
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93 items. The collection concerns Wing Commander <span>Arnold Louis</span> <span>Christian </span>(1906 - 1941, 29160 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents and photographs. He flew operation as a pilot with 105 Squadron and was killed 8 May 1941.<br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Steven Christian and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br />Additional information on <span>Arnold Louis</span> <span>Christian</span> is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/204958/">IBCC Losses Database.</a>
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[inserted] [underlined] A’s last letter [/underlined] [/inserted]
OFFICERS’ MESS,
ROYAL AIR FORCE,
LOSSIEMOUTH,
MORAYSHIRE.
6/5/41
My Own Darling,
Well here we are, up in the wilds, for a short spell.
This is a sort of a holiday, and I am entirely my own boss, doing exactly what I like for everything.
We are not allowed to say or write very much, so I am afraid this letter will have to be very short, but I hope sweet.
I have got my own big car up here, so I hope to see some of the countryside before we return. It is really very beautiful, what we have seen up to now.
[page break]
Hope the phone is now in order at home, because I hope to give you a ring next Sunday.
How are you keeping dear, and also the kiddies? I have got a most filthy cold & sore throat.
I have got my battle dress. I am told that I look very smart in it, and I like it very much.
This place would be grand for our holidays, if it was not so terribly far away. There are a number of big towns quite close, and yet it is on the sea-shore, with lovely sand & safe batheing. [sic] Ideal for the kiddies and not too deadly for us at night. We shall have to think it over.
Well dear, must close now, as I am terribly busy, best love to you all from Daddy.
[page break]
Last letter home from Wing Commander Arnold Louis Christian
Officer Commanding No 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
The letter was written less than 48 hours before he was lost in action and it is poignant to note that, probably, he was still suffering the heavy cold & sore throat mentioned.
105 Sqn was on detachment to RAF Lossiemouth, Elgin, Scotland for forward operations against enemy shipping targets off the Norwegian coast
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Letter from Arnold Christian to his Wife
Description
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The letter has at the top been annotated 'A's last letter'. He writes that it is a sort of holiday since he has a lot of freedom, in the north of Scotland.
A note attached to the letter states that he was lost in action 48 hours later.
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Arnold Christian
Date
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1941-05-06
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Language
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eng
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Text
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Format
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Two handwritten sheets and one printed caption
Identifier
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SChristianAL29160v10048-0001, SChristianAL29160v10048-0002, SChristianAL29160v10048-0003
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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.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Pending text-based transcription. Under review
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Tricia Marshall
Temporal Coverage
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1941-05-06
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
Scotland--Moray
105 Squadron
aircrew
killed in action
RAF Lossiemouth