Letter from Jack Hay to 'Auntie'
Title
Letter from Jack Hay to 'Auntie'
Description
Thanks her for parcel with cigarettes and tobacco. Writes a little about his circumstances and comments on mail received. Catches up with news of family and friends who was joining up.
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Date
1939-10-13
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One page handwritten letter
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SFieldPL907804v10047
Transcription
Hqrs. 71 Wing.
R.A.F.
c/o Army Post Office.
13th Oct 1939.
Dear Auntie,
Your parcel with cigarettes & tobacco duly turned up – thanks. The [indecipherable word] is proving very useful. After a few cold days the flies disappeared, but with the heat of the sun last few days, have turned up in full force – I was thus able to clean my bedroom & go to bed without the damn things bugging everywhere – room full of corpses instead. Your letter of the 4th arrived two days ago – the mail question is still pretty inefficient, though ours home occasionally get back quickly if there is room in returning civil aircraft. I’ve just had a letter from Nellie, who said Victor had turned up there unexpectedly. If Ian goes to Abingdon for medical examination, sees M.O. & mentions F/Lt. G. Baker who suggested they would probably pass him, he will very likely be accepted into R.A.F.V.R., but one thing is perfectly certain that he will not now get a commission right off in anything, Army included. He missed the boat long ago, & will just have to go as an A.C.2. If V.R., he might ask to be mustered on attestation as a photographer, if he has any general knowledge of photography. So far we are still exceedingly peaceful. I have been waiting an opportunity to go up & take some
R.A.F.
c/o Army Post Office.
13th Oct 1939.
Dear Auntie,
Your parcel with cigarettes & tobacco duly turned up – thanks. The [indecipherable word] is proving very useful. After a few cold days the flies disappeared, but with the heat of the sun last few days, have turned up in full force – I was thus able to clean my bedroom & go to bed without the damn things bugging everywhere – room full of corpses instead. Your letter of the 4th arrived two days ago – the mail question is still pretty inefficient, though ours home occasionally get back quickly if there is room in returning civil aircraft. I’ve just had a letter from Nellie, who said Victor had turned up there unexpectedly. If Ian goes to Abingdon for medical examination, sees M.O. & mentions F/Lt. G. Baker who suggested they would probably pass him, he will very likely be accepted into R.A.F.V.R., but one thing is perfectly certain that he will not now get a commission right off in anything, Army included. He missed the boat long ago, & will just have to go as an A.C.2. If V.R., he might ask to be mustered on attestation as a photographer, if he has any general knowledge of photography. So far we are still exceedingly peaceful. I have been waiting an opportunity to go up & take some
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Citation
J V Hay, “Letter from Jack Hay to 'Auntie',” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 22, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/37260.
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