Letter to Lewis Rosser from A Rosser

Letter to Lewis Rosser from A Rosser

Asks how his course was going and writes that he though Lewis was a dammed fool for sticking his neck out and that he was happy in his comfortable job. Mentions the station might close down and speculates on the future and hope for posting to transport command. Mentions upcoming leave and asks when his commission was coming through.

1944-11-07

Three page handwritten letter and envelope

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21 30PM
8 NOV 44

745193,
W/O. ROSSER L.V.
R.A.F. STATION,
GAMSTON,
EAST RETFORD,
NOTTS.

[inserted] Ant [/inserted]

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1602488. F/Sqt. Rosser A,
Sgts Mess,
R.A.F. Station,
West Freugh,
Nr. Stranraer,
Scotland.

Nov. 7th 1944.

Dear Lew,

Well, hows your bullshit course going down? bloody hard no doubt, I have often thought of you when I have been laying on my pit on a cold afternoon, you know you were nothing more than a damned fool sticking your neck out, personally I realise I have a nice comfortable job and I intend hanging on to it as long as I possibly

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can, although at the moment I am not in such a happy frame of mind as I was a couple of months ago, there appears to be some talk of closing this station down, if they do I shall lose my job and probably be packed off to Bomber Command, so I am trying to forestall that and wangle a posting to Transport Command and I sincerely hope I am successful.

Regards leave, I am having my usual fourteen days commencing Nov. 25th so if you can manage a 48 hrs. or even a day off during the first week let me know and I will in all probability come and pay you a visit, sorry make that the

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second week of my leave, I want to see a [underlined] friend [/underlined] in London sometime during the first, incidentally I presume you can get into Nottingham because I dont want to hang around in a hick town with only a couple of Pubs.

Nothing more,

all the best,

Ant.

[underlined] P.S. [/underlined] When is your commission coming through.

[underlined] A. [/underlined]