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Title
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Gorton, Harold
Description
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136 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Harold Gorton (1914 - 1944, 120984, Royal Air Force) and contains eight photographs and 126 letters to his wife and family. Harold Gorton studied at Oxford, and throughout his time in the RAF he continued studying law. He completed a tour of operations as a pilot in 1941 and was then posted as an instructor to RAF Cark. He returned to operations with 49 Squadron stationed at RAF Fulbeck in 1944. He was killed 11/12 November 1944 during an operation to Harburg.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Mair Gorton and Ian Gorton, and catalogued by Barry Hunter. <br /><br />Additional information on Harold Gorton is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/108964/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-05-30
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Gorton, H
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TEL. SILVERSTONE 252
OFFICERS MESS,
ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION,
SILVERSTONE,
NR. TOWCESTER,
NORTHANTS.
[Royal Air Force Crest]
Tuesday.
Dearest,
This will have to be a short letter, as there’s no fire in the hut. I’ve just had to waste an evening on a dining-in night, & haven’t been able to write until now.
One thing that amused me, however, was drinking the king’s health in water, as I am now on the waggon. It was the same last night too, when spent the evening with Morris & his pals, & had lemonades all night.
I seem to have lost my Bank pass book, but don’t know how I’ve managed it. I’m going to have another look through my stuff tomorrow, but I couldn’t see it when I unpacked. I don’t know where it has got to, because I was very careful about looking through my drawers when I left Cark.
There’s nothing much to report. We just keep plugging away at lectures from 8.15 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. This goes on till next Tuesday or Wednesday. Then we are due to go to the satellite
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for some flying. I believe they are a little behind with their work there, however, so I have heard mention of the possibility of a 48 next week. What do you think of the idea, in case it happens to come off? Is it worth while going to London for a couple of days? Actually, this place is very awkward to leave, as it is so far away from everywhere, but I expect it can be done one way or another.
I’d better get to bed now, I think, as I am getting cold.
All my love,
Harold.
P.S. I got a letter from Mother this morning. I expected a lot of regrets from her because I’m going on Ops, but either the idea hasn’t dawned on her or else she is being studiously diplomatic, as she didn’t mention it. She says that Norman Seddon is home on a month’s leave – ready for the second front, I expect.
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Title
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Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
Description
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He writes of his duties and social life at RAF Silverstone.
Creator
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Harold Gorton
Date
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1944-02-15
Format
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Two handwritten sheets
Language
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eng
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Text
Text. Correspondence
Identifier
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EGortonHGortonLCM440215-0001,
EGortonHGortonLCM440215-0002
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Tricia Marshall
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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.
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Northamptonshire
Temporal Coverage
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1944-02
aircrew
military living conditions
pilot
RAF Silverstone
training