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Title
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
Description
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334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Boldy, DA
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[inserted] from
Boldy
59, Bathurst Mews,
Lancaster Gate.
London. W.2. [/inserted]
[Corner censored]
18th June, 1940.
My darling Mum & Steve,
Thanks for your letter and all your news.
The news is certainly bad. Still we will give them a run for this money allright [sic]: I hope to heaven if the French do make peace. Their fleet and Air Force came over her. If not we will be in a terrible position.
I am glad to hear Joyce enjoyed her visit. Bravo to the pair of them going to the semi-finals. It was nice of Pete to come over. A pity [deleted] a [/deleted] I couldn’t make it. Anyway as soon as the R.A.F. leave is resumed I should be able to come home for a couple of days.
We have had a very hard day to-day. A swim in the morning, parades, maths, Morse Code, Anti gas [sic] etc. We were
[page break]
[corner censored]
we went into tea. There [censored words] Till 5.30.. Ajan & I [censored words] couple of hours after we finish our letters.
I am conserving my finances fairly well this Time. Of course we got paid 30/- on Friday; I think I can hold out till pay day & that will last me at least another week so I shant [sic] be draining the family purse for a [deleted] bit [/deleted] while.
We had a group Taken of the eleven of us. – No 3 Squadron from Drem, I shall send it to you. I have not come out well. Very few of us have, as we were Tired and I shiny and I don’t think this photographer was very good. The photo is official incidentally. The photo: on my identity card is ghastly, I look almost debauched despite my recent strict living. They ought at least allow us to have a
[page break]
[underlined] 2. [/underlined]
wash and brush up.
I have finished my induly [sic] duty thank heavens. It is a damn nuissance [sic]. Anyway I saw everyone was in last night and got them up this morning allright [sic].
We had to march and climb obstacles in our respirators to-day. It was a picnic. I am really getting tough. My muscles are getting hard. I think it is the early rising, early swim and parades etc. Have had better be careful When I get home. To-day we had to clean up the barracks. It’s a damn nuisance having to do Char’s work. [deleted] I [/deleted] None of us mind parades etc. I shall let you know when I move. There are indications that we are going to.
No more to-day. God bless you both.
Love Dave.
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World War (1939-1945)
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Description
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Letter from David Boldy to his mother and brother. Exclaims the benefit French reinforcements after a peace treaty; discusses his financial affairs and mentions his daily routine and chores; he describes the taking of his ‘ghastly’ official photograph and the noticeable physical benefit of the training.
Creator
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David Boldy
Date
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1940-06-18
Format
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Three page handwritten letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text. Correspondence
Text
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EBoldyDABoldyLM400618
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
England
Great Britain
Temporal Coverage
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1940-06
Contributor
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Anita Raine
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Title
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Letter from David Boldy to his mother and brother
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military living conditions
training