Letter from Air Ministry to Charles Hilder's wife

Letter from Air Ministry to Charles Hilder's wife

Letter from the Casualty Branch of the Air Ministry expressing regret that Charles Hilder is missing as the result of air operations on the night of '24th/25th March, 1944'. States that Sergeant Hilder was flying as an air bomber in a Lancaster aircraft that set out to bomb Berlin and failed to return. Explains that enquiries are being made through the International Red Cross Committee to determine if her husband is a prisoner of war.

1944-03-31

One typewritten letter

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