Letter to Jean Welland from Jack Darby
Title
Letter to Jean Welland from Jack Darby
Description
He describes his train journey back to RAF Barford.
Creator
Date
1944-07-02
Temporal Coverage
Language
Format
One double sided handwritten letter and envelope
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Contributor
Identifier
EDarbyCAHWellandJ440702-0001, EDarbyCAHWellandJ440702-0002, EDarbyCAHWellandJ440702-0003
Transcription
[postage stamp] [postmark]
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Miss. J. Welland,
7, Queens Drive
Surbiton
Surrey.
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P/O. J. Darby. 154676
Officers Mess,
R.A.F. Station
Barford
Nr Bloxham
Oxon
2.7.44.
Dear Jean
Just a few lines to let you know I got back O.K. The train arrived at Waterloo at about 10.40 and I soon nipped down to the Underground, it was very crowded and lots of people were sleeping down there however the trains were running O.K and I reached Paddington at 11o/c, it was lucky I went early, even then the train was nearly full but I
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met the other two lads and we all travelled together. As usual the train was late, we finally arrived in Banbury three-quarters of an hour late. After finally collecting our bicycles we arrived back in camp at 4 a/m of course today we had a navigators exercise, naturally not up my street, my brain was only working at 50% normal, (I know 50% nothing is still nothing).
The weather now is simply terrible, its rained hard all day and I've got to go down on Link trainer at 9.30. just when I want a nice sleep!
Well that's all for now, look after yourself.
Yours Jack.
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Miss. J. Welland,
7, Queens Drive
Surbiton
Surrey.
[page break]
P/O. J. Darby. 154676
Officers Mess,
R.A.F. Station
Barford
Nr Bloxham
Oxon
2.7.44.
Dear Jean
Just a few lines to let you know I got back O.K. The train arrived at Waterloo at about 10.40 and I soon nipped down to the Underground, it was very crowded and lots of people were sleeping down there however the trains were running O.K and I reached Paddington at 11o/c, it was lucky I went early, even then the train was nearly full but I
[page break]
2/
met the other two lads and we all travelled together. As usual the train was late, we finally arrived in Banbury three-quarters of an hour late. After finally collecting our bicycles we arrived back in camp at 4 a/m of course today we had a navigators exercise, naturally not up my street, my brain was only working at 50% normal, (I know 50% nothing is still nothing).
The weather now is simply terrible, its rained hard all day and I've got to go down on Link trainer at 9.30. just when I want a nice sleep!
Well that's all for now, look after yourself.
Yours Jack.
Collection
Citation
Jack Darby, “Letter to Jean Welland from Jack Darby,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 25, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/39643.
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