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Title
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Raettig, Dennis
Dennis William Raettig
Dennis W Raettig
D W Raettig
D Raettig
Description
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72 items. The collection concerns the wartime service of Leading Aircraftman Dennis William Raettig (b. 1920, 1136657 Royal Air Force). Joining the Royal Air Force reserve in 1941 he trained as a flight mechanic (Engines) before being posted to 104 Squadron (Wellingtons) at RAF Driffield. This squadron number was later changed to 158 Squadron flying Halifax at RAF East Moor, followed by moves to RAF Rufford and Lisset. The collection consists of a memoir, correspondence with family and acquaintances, family history, service and personal documentation, lucky charms,personal items, cap, boots, squadron tie, research on bombing in Hull as well as photographs of air and ground crew and aircraft. It also includes an oral history interview with Joan Raettig (Dennis Raettig's wife).
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Sue Burn and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-06-23
2016-07-08
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Raettig, DW
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[underlined] On His Majesty’s Service [/underlined]
[postmark]
[official paid stamp]
D.W. Raetigg, Esq,
“Raeville”,
Beverley Road,
Anlaby, Hull.
[underlined] Air Ministry [/underlined]
If undelivered return to:-
The Officer Commanding,
ROYAL AIR FORCE,
NEWLAND HOUSE,
BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL
[page break]
R.A.F.V.R. Town Centre,
Newland House,
Beverley Road,
HULL
Date: 2nd August 1939.
To:- D.W. Raetigg, Esq.,
“Raeville”,
Beverley Road,
Anlaby.
Dear Sir,
With reference to your Form E.D.60 for enlistment in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. If you still wish your application to be proceeded with, it is requested that you will complete the Form 1764 which was forwarded to you, and return it as soon as possible to this address.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant.
CYRIL BENSON
Commandant,
[underlined] R.A.F.V.R. HULL DISTRICT [/underlined]
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Title
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Letter to Dennis Raettig requesting he complete form 1764
Description
An account of the resource
Letter concerning Dennis Raettig's form E.D.60 for enlistment in Royal Air Force Reserve and requesting he complete Form 1764 as soon as possible.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Date
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1939-08-02
Type
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Text. Service material
Identifier
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EBensonCRaettigDW390802
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Hull
England--Yorkshire
Temporal Coverage
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1939-08-02
Language
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eng
Rights
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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.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
David Bloomfield
Format
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One-page typewritten document and envelope
recruitment