Letter from David Boldy to his father

Letter from David Boldy to his father

Letter from David Boldy to his father about being on a new station. Describes the prospect of attending a gunnery leaders’ course. Enjoys working with his new crew. Misses South Africa and mentions two girl he met whilst there, Shirley (Cape Town) and Babe (East London).

1941

Two page handwritten letter

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[underlined] R.A.F. [/underlined]

1941

My own darling Dad,

Am getting on very well. Have done several trips and feel quite operational – we moved from our last station & came to a new aerodrome. Its miles from anywhere & full of water and mud, also the new commanding officer of the squadron is an [deleted] abs [/deleted] absolute nit wit. We are all browned off with him. Psychologically I should say he has a weak link somewhere. One of the towns near us is very nice & full of life & we have a good time there.

Ajan my Pal and I have been on all our raids together. The crew is 100 %. We all had an evening out together the other day thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Met quite a pretty girl at a dance hall she is married – platonic friendship.

Went home for a 48 hours ten days ago & had a very pleasant time.

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Both Ajan & myself have been recommended for a gunnery leader’s course. If we do really well it means a commission. I don’t mind either way as I am quite happy as a sergeant though I shall try hard. Gunnery Leader’s course consists of fire control i.e. directing the fire of a formation of aircraft also giving lectures to other gunner’s etc.

We missed S. Africa terribly at first. It’s not so bad now. Still I think I’ll go there after the war& marry Babe if she is still in the market. Shirley is the girl friend whom I met in Cape Town & and was so decent. Babe is the girl I fell in love with in East London.

After a long spell of not going [indecipherable word] much, I have had a real hectic spell lately. Am feeling so tired that I decided to stay into-day. No more to-day.

God bless you Daddy. Lots of love [underlined] Dave. [/underlined]