Letter to Arnold Christian's Wife
Title
Letter to Arnold Christian's Wife
Description
The letter expresses sadness that her husband is missing.
Date
1941-05-10
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One double sided handwritten sheet
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SChristianAL29160v10056-0001, SChristianAL29160v10056-0002
Transcription
R.A.F., Station.
Swanton Morley.
Norfolk.
10/5/41.
Dear Mrs. Christian,
I expect you have heard by now from Sq/Ldr. Dunlevie & Bennett about your husband. Normally it is the lot of the C.O. to write to relatives of missing crews but I feel I would like to write you personally as Wing Commander Christian was not only my C.O. but a friend, as indeed he was to all members of his squadron.
I have been his adjutant ever since we came to the Squadron. I had been with the Squadron since November 1939 and I have never known it to be such a happy and united squadron as it has been during the time Wing Commander Christian had it and he is a loss which we all feel greatly.
On the other hand we all feel confident
[page break]
that although he did not return [indecipherable word] he got away with his life and at worst is a prisoner of war and we are anxiously awaiting to hear this confirmed.
Allow me to offer my sincere sympathy in the anxious days that must be ahead of you and I do hope that before long you will have some good news.
Yrs sincerely.
[signature] F/Lt.
Swanton Morley.
Norfolk.
10/5/41.
Dear Mrs. Christian,
I expect you have heard by now from Sq/Ldr. Dunlevie & Bennett about your husband. Normally it is the lot of the C.O. to write to relatives of missing crews but I feel I would like to write you personally as Wing Commander Christian was not only my C.O. but a friend, as indeed he was to all members of his squadron.
I have been his adjutant ever since we came to the Squadron. I had been with the Squadron since November 1939 and I have never known it to be such a happy and united squadron as it has been during the time Wing Commander Christian had it and he is a loss which we all feel greatly.
On the other hand we all feel confident
[page break]
that although he did not return [indecipherable word] he got away with his life and at worst is a prisoner of war and we are anxiously awaiting to hear this confirmed.
Allow me to offer my sincere sympathy in the anxious days that must be ahead of you and I do hope that before long you will have some good news.
Yrs sincerely.
[signature] F/Lt.
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“Letter to Arnold Christian's Wife,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/36330.
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