Letter from Flying Officer LB Stuart to Mr & Mrs Robinson

Letter from Flying Officer LB Stuart to Mr & Mrs Robinson

Letter from the navigator of the Halifax in which Fred Robinson, wireless operator, lost his life, to Fred's parents. In it Stuart relates some of the events of that night, describing being struck by flak, the immediate order to bale out and how he fully expected Fred to follow him out of the aircraft. Stuart was told by his captors that four bodies had been recovered from the wreckage and he names the dead as: Fred Robinson, Jim Gutzewitz, Ernie Fletcher and Freddie Cowell.
He ends by expressing his deepest sympathy, his hope that he might be able to visit Tom and Alice Robinson and that a brighter future awaits them.
At the bottom of page one is hand-written text: "Written by Fredies crew navigator, (one of 3 survivors) to my parents Tom and Alice Robinson."
There is a Post Script: A request from the bomb aimer, LP O'Brien, to pass on his sympathy and condolences.

1945-07-19

Two pages of typed text

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