Kenneth Richard Pexman missing in action
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Kenneth Richard Pexman missing in action
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Letter of sympathy to Mabel Pexman.
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1942-06-01
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EOCRAFRecOffPexmanM420601
Transcription
Telephone No.: SPRINGWELL (GLOUCESTER) 2407
Telegraphic Address:
RECORDS TELEX, GLOUCESTER.
Any communications on the subject of this letter should be addressed to:
AIR OFFICER i/c RECORDS,
Address as opposite,
and the following number quoted:-
Your Ref.: C7/1202557
RECORD OFFICE,
ROYAL AIR FORCE,
GLOUCESTER.
Date 1st June 1942
Dear Madam,
I regret to confirm that your husband No. 1202557 Sergeant Kenneth Richard PEXMAN of No. 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force, is missing, the aircraft of which he was an air gunner having failed to return to its base on the 30th May 1942 after an operational flight.
This does not necessarily mean that he is killed or wounded. I will communicate with you again immediately I have any further news and would be obliged if you, on your part, would write to me should you hear anything of your husband from unofficial sources.
May I assure you of the sympathy of the Royal Air Force with you in your anxiety.
I am,
Dear Madam,
Your obedient Servant,
[signature]
Air Officer i/c Records,
ROYAL AIR FORCE.
Mrs. K.R. Pexman,
38 Warley Road,
Old Brumby,
Scunthorpe,
Lincolnshire.
Telegraphic Address:
RECORDS TELEX, GLOUCESTER.
Any communications on the subject of this letter should be addressed to:
AIR OFFICER i/c RECORDS,
Address as opposite,
and the following number quoted:-
Your Ref.: C7/1202557
RECORD OFFICE,
ROYAL AIR FORCE,
GLOUCESTER.
Date 1st June 1942
Dear Madam,
I regret to confirm that your husband No. 1202557 Sergeant Kenneth Richard PEXMAN of No. 9 Squadron, Royal Air Force, is missing, the aircraft of which he was an air gunner having failed to return to its base on the 30th May 1942 after an operational flight.
This does not necessarily mean that he is killed or wounded. I will communicate with you again immediately I have any further news and would be obliged if you, on your part, would write to me should you hear anything of your husband from unofficial sources.
May I assure you of the sympathy of the Royal Air Force with you in your anxiety.
I am,
Dear Madam,
Your obedient Servant,
[signature]
Air Officer i/c Records,
ROYAL AIR FORCE.
Mrs. K.R. Pexman,
38 Warley Road,
Old Brumby,
Scunthorpe,
Lincolnshire.
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Citation
Great Britain. Air Ministry, “Kenneth Richard Pexman missing in action,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 6, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/42045.
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