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Geach, David
D Geach
Description
An account of the resource
<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/218400/"></a>52 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer David Geach (1394781 Royal Air Force) and contains his diaries, correspondence, photographs of his crew, his log book, cuttings and items relating to being a prisoner of war. After training in Canada, he flew operations as a bomb aimer with 623 and 115 Squadrons until he was shot down 24 March 1944 and became a prisoner of war. He was instrumental in erecting a memorial plaque to the Air Crew Reception Centre at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. <br />The collection also contains a scrap book of photographs.<br /><br />Additional information on his crew is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/218400/">IBCC Losses Database.</a><br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Harry Wilkins and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2016-03-14
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Geach, DG
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Chaplain’s Office,
R.A.F. Waterbeach
Cambs.
[underlined] April 11/44 [/underlined]
Dear Mr & Mrs Geach,
I regret it has not been possible to write before, but I do so now to express my profound sorrow, that your son, F/Sgt. D. G. Geach, is missing after operations on the night of March 24/25th. I understand the anxiety and uncertainty which you must feel. To those who were waiting up for the crews that night, it was a great grief when your son’s plane failed to return.
The trip in which his crew was engaged was a long one, over Germany and it is not unreasonable to hope that they may have escaped disaster by bailing out, and become prisoners of war. But of course there is no certainty of this, and it is not until official information comes through via the Red Cross that your terrible suspense will be ended. You may rest assured that whatever this news it will be sent to you at once.
I know that whatever has happened, your son would not have you overcome with sorrow, and you can be sure that his chief thought was less for
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his own safety, than for loyalty, and devotion to duty. Like so many other brave men, he has willingly hazarded his life for a great cause and we may be proud and thankful for his example.
During these times, I feel we can but commit ourselves and anxieties into the hands of God, who cares and suffers in the grief of His people. I believe we should hold on to the truth that wherever our loved one is there God is, and where God is he is. I do pray that you may find in God your comfort and be made strong to bear your heavy load of suffering.
With my renewed sympathy,
Yours very sincerely,
[underlined] G. West. [/underlined]
(Chaplain)
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Letter to Mr and Mrs Geach from his station Chaplain
Description
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The letter to David Geach's parents expresses sadness that he is missing. The Chaplain offers his sympathy.
Creator
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Caplain, RAF Waterbeach
Date
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1944-04-11
Format
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Two handwritten sheets
Language
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eng
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Identifier
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EWestGGeachDG440411-0001,
EWestGGeachDG440411-0002
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Cambridge
England--London
England--Cambridgeshire
Temporal Coverage
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1944-03-24
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Steve Christian
David Bloomfield
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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.
aircrew
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missing in action
prisoner of war
RAF Waterbeach
Red Cross