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Turner, John
Albion John Turner
A J Turner
Description
An account of the resource
<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/228620/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>116 items. Concerns Flight Sergeant Albion John Turner (1911 - 1939, 561939 Royal Air Force) who joined the RAF as an apprentice in 1927. After service as a fitter he re-mustered as a pilot in 1935 and after training served on 216 Squadron flying Vickers Victoria and Valentia before moving to 9 Squadron on Handley Page Heyfords in 1936. He converted to Wellingtons February 1939 and was killed when his aircraft was shot down on 4 September 1939 during operations against shipping at Brunsbüttel. Collection consists of an oral history interview with Penny Turner his daughter (b. 1938), correspondence, official documents, his logbook and photographs. <br /><br />Additional information on Albion John Turner <span>is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/228620/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IBCC Losses Database</a><br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Penny Turner and catalogued by Nigel Huckins
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-05-29
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Turner, J
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EX1021 Cpl R H Turner RM
650 LCM Flotilla
Monday 24 July. c/o G.P.O
London
My Dear [underlined] Kaye, [/underlined]
I’m so sorry I’ve been so long winded in writing to you but at last I’ve got a spell of rest and relaxation so here goes.
Firstly, I hope you all at Lincoln are safe & in the best of health – Mum has kept me well informed and I’m pleased to hear that everything is going on O.K.
I bet Penney & Carole have grown since I last saw them and are getting quite ladylike. I thought the photos that you sent home were very good. Won’t it be grand when we can see each other more often – I do hope they’ve
[page break]
2.
not forgotten their Uncle Ron!
Of course you’ve heard all about my bouncing Son from Mum I expect. We’ve had some snaps taken but they haven’t come out so great. Still I’m hoping to get some studio portraits taken soon so I’ll make sure you get one. I’m pleased to say both Norma & the babe are in the best of health etc – in fact everyone at home are – up to the last letter I received which was about a week ago. It was sad about Grandma going so suddenly this month wasn’t it – it certainly was a great shock to us all. Unfortunately she’d never seen the baby at all – it’s rather a long way out of town.
Have you heard that young Betty is also married now
[page break]
[underlined] 3. [/underlined]
It makes me realise I’m not so young as I used to was! [sic] I expect it’s just as hard for you to realise that I’m a daddy eh?
He certainly is a smasher and everybody at home is just crazy over him – in fact I’ve to take a back seat nowadays! I was rather fortunate in being stationed near home before come [sic] over hear and so managed to see quite a lot of him. But from Norma’s letters he’s growing very fast and even boasts of 2 front teeth now – They’re even making out he says Dad Dad!
Well Kaye, I dare say you know I’m over here in France and have been since D day – and I’m pleased to say I’m feeling very fit & well and haven’t had too bad a time of it – although I’ve had
[page break]
4
Some experiences which I hope I don’t have to go through again. At the moment I’m stationed ashore getting my land legs back again!
Things are fairly quite now although living conditions aren’t exactly “Ritzy”. The food is mainly tinned stuff and believe me we get more than our share of stew and biscuits. But still we’re all making the best of things etc & hoping it won’t go on for much longer.
Well, Kaye that [sic] about finishes me for now – please give my best regards to all at Lincoln – I trust everyone is O.K.
So goodnight for now lots of love to you, Penney & Carole Your loving brother Ron xxxxxx [inserted] Pennet & Carole xxxxxx [/inserted]
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Title
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Letter to Kaye Turner from Ron Turner
Description
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Catches up with family news and greetings. Comments on two children and of photographs sent. Continues to catch up with news. Mentions he has been in France since D-Day and writes of experiences.
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Cpl R H Turner RM
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1944-07-24
Format
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Four page handwritten letter
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eng
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ETurnerRHTurnerKWXX0724
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Civilian
Royal Navy
Spatial Coverage
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France
Temporal Coverage
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1944-07-24
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Robin Christian
David Bloomfield
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
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Title
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Turner, John
Albion John Turner
A J Turner
Description
An account of the resource
<a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/228620/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>116 items. Concerns Flight Sergeant Albion John Turner (1911 - 1939, 561939 Royal Air Force) who joined the RAF as an apprentice in 1927. After service as a fitter he re-mustered as a pilot in 1935 and after training served on 216 Squadron flying Vickers Victoria and Valentia before moving to 9 Squadron on Handley Page Heyfords in 1936. He converted to Wellingtons February 1939 and was killed when his aircraft was shot down on 4 September 1939 during operations against shipping at Brunsbüttel. Collection consists of an oral history interview with Penny Turner his daughter (b. 1938), correspondence, official documents, his logbook and photographs. <br /><br />Additional information on Albion John Turner <span>is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/228620/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IBCC Losses Database</a><br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Penny Turner and catalogued by Nigel Huckins
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-05-29
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Turner, J
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BY AIR MAIL
AIR MAIL LETTER CARD
[postage stamp]
[post mark]
Mrs K. Turner
c/o 292 West Parade
Lincoln
Lincs.
[underlined] England [/underlined]
[page break]
Written in English
No EX1021
Sender’s Rank Corporal RM.
Name [underlined] R.H.Turner. [/underlined]
[page break]
EX1021
Cpl R H Turner RM
Wed 13th Dec, ’44. 650 LCM Flotilla
c/o B.F.M.O
Bombay
[underlined] India. [/underlined]
[underlined] Dear Kaye. [/underlined]
I don’t know whether this will reach you in time for Xmas or not – I hope so anyway. I hope you all at Lincoln have a happy Xmas and may the New Year bring us peace for all times.
Well Kaye, as you see by the address I’ve landed safely out here and am in the process of settling down and getting used to the heat and believe me it is HOT. Even now I’m perspiring and it’s about 9 P.M. and they say this is the [underlined] winter [/underlined] so goodness knows what the summer is going to be like!
The camp I’m in is right on the . .
[Indian scene, swift carrying letter]
[page break]
[Greetings, English winter scene, swift carrying letter]
coast and one advantage is that we manage to get plenty of swimming in – that’s about the only time we manage to get a bit cool. We walk about all day without shirts on so I’m hoping to get nicely tanned in time. At the moment I’m a nice brick red colour.
I’ve received some airmails from Norma & also Mum & Dad which I was happy to get you can guess after not hearing for about 6 weeks. Up to the end of November they were all O.K. I’m pleased to say – although I expect you’ve had more recent news of them yourself. I trust you all at Lincoln are safe & well – both Penny & Carole are getting quite big girls I
[page break]
guess and are looking forward to Xmas very much. Give them both lots of hugs & kisses from me won’t you?
I’ve only been ashore once since I arrived out here as the camp is in a deserted spot and we have to go about 20 miles by train before we come to any civilisation! Fruit such as bananas & oranges etc are very plentiful as well as ice cream and iced lemonade – but only in the town. I wasn’t too impressed with the town – especially as all the picture houses were booked right up – it was so dirty and smelly so different from our good old English towns!
Well Kaye, there’s not much room on these things so I will have to close for now. We are rationed until the 17th with airmails so will write again after then.
So night night – please give my love and Xmas Greetings to all at Lincoln.
Lots of Love Ron xxxxxx [inserted] Penney xxxxx & Carole xxxxx [/inserted]
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Title
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Letter to Kaye Turner from Ron Turner
Description
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Written from Bombay wishing family a good Christmas and New Year. Describes a little of life and weather in India. Catches up with news of family and friends. Continues with description of his situation in India,
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Cpl R H Turner RM
Date
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1944-12-13
Format
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Three page handwritten air mail letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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ETurnerRHTurnerKW441213
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Navy
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Lincoln
India
India--Mumbai
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1944-12-13
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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
Contributor
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Robin Christian
David Bloomfield