Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
Title
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
Description
He writes of the weather, flying and his car.
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Date
1944-06-18
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Format
Three handwritten sheets
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Contributor
Identifier
EGortonHGortonLCM440618
Transcription
OFFICERS’ MESS
ROYAL AIR FORCE
WIGSLEY
NEWARK
NOTTS
Sunday 18/6/44.
Dearest,
I keep plugging along here & wishing it was next Friday, so that I could see you again. [deleted] I mana [/deleted]
This is not a good station to be on, & the sooner you come along & cheer me up, the better it will be for all concerned.
I haven’t done much at the car yet beyond pumping up the tyres. I’ve been held up by Freddie taking his tyre levers at awkward moments so that I haven’t been able to fix the puncture & put on the new outside cover.
I’ve had two bits of good fortune during the past
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two days, however. The C.G.I. was so good as to inform me that I needn’t parade in the mornings with the rest of the course, so that I can go 15 – 20 minutes later than the others. Then yesterday afternoon, Pete managed to change my battledress for a new one. It fits much better than the old one, except for the fact that the trousers are a shade long, but I must say it feels very conspicuously new. I spent some time yesterday, sewing on my F/Lt. tapes, & then another fellow in the hut took pity on me, & sewed on my wings with a neatness that is almost in the same class as your own.
Tomorrow morning I
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am putting in my application to live out, & as soon as that is O.K. I shall write to the Petroleum board for some petrol.
I didn’t do any flying yesterday, but hope to do so tomorrow. The weather has been so bad lately that the previous course is behind, particularly in its bombing, but a week or two of the weather we’ve had today should make a good deal of difference.
All my love, darling. I’m [underlined] longing [/underlined] to see you.
Harold.
ROYAL AIR FORCE
WIGSLEY
NEWARK
NOTTS
Sunday 18/6/44.
Dearest,
I keep plugging along here & wishing it was next Friday, so that I could see you again. [deleted] I mana [/deleted]
This is not a good station to be on, & the sooner you come along & cheer me up, the better it will be for all concerned.
I haven’t done much at the car yet beyond pumping up the tyres. I’ve been held up by Freddie taking his tyre levers at awkward moments so that I haven’t been able to fix the puncture & put on the new outside cover.
I’ve had two bits of good fortune during the past
[page break]
2
two days, however. The C.G.I. was so good as to inform me that I needn’t parade in the mornings with the rest of the course, so that I can go 15 – 20 minutes later than the others. Then yesterday afternoon, Pete managed to change my battledress for a new one. It fits much better than the old one, except for the fact that the trousers are a shade long, but I must say it feels very conspicuously new. I spent some time yesterday, sewing on my F/Lt. tapes, & then another fellow in the hut took pity on me, & sewed on my wings with a neatness that is almost in the same class as your own.
Tomorrow morning I
[page break]
3
am putting in my application to live out, & as soon as that is O.K. I shall write to the Petroleum board for some petrol.
I didn’t do any flying yesterday, but hope to do so tomorrow. The weather has been so bad lately that the previous course is behind, particularly in its bombing, but a week or two of the weather we’ve had today should make a good deal of difference.
All my love, darling. I’m [underlined] longing [/underlined] to see you.
Harold.
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Citation
Harold Gorton, “Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 10, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/9255.
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