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Wynn, Ian Archer
I A Wynn
Description
An account of the resource
146 Items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer Ian Archer Wynn (1908 - 1943, 146838 Royal Air Force). After training as ground crew he remustered as a flight engineer and flew operations with 100 Squadron. He was killed 25 May 1943 on an operation from RAF Grimsby to Düsseldorf. Collection consists of a diary, a memorial book, an official report on what was his final operation, photographs of his crew, his family and the squadron as well as official correspondence from Air Ministry and British Red Cross, letters of condolence and a large number of letters from Ian Wynn to his wife Kathleen. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Patrick Anthony Wynn and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Ian Archer Wynn is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/126116/">IBCC Losses Database.</a>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-07-13
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Wynn, IA
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75 Avondale Rd
Southport
Lancs
31.10.43
My dear Mrs Wynn,
I hope you don’t think I have forgotten you. You are so often in my thoughts & I know what is uppermost in both our minds.
I am concluding you have still had no further news- neither have I.
One cannot help feeling depressed at times & I [corrected] can [/corrected] sympathise with you. It is very hard – this waiting & hoping.
I had news yesterday [inserted] from the Air Ministry [/inserted] that my son Geoff – in S. Africa, had been appointed as a Commission
[page break]
[inserted] 2 [/inserted]
It is nearly three years since I last saw him, & I am hoping he will have some “leave” before very long.
I am expecting my other son Jim & his wife to be home for Christmas. Jim is still on the ground but has recently been posted over 60 miles away from where he & Flo were living, & is somewhere in the wilds on S. Devon, miles away from anywhere. I do hope all your family are well & that mother is quite recovered by now. Try to keep a brave heart while there is still hope.
With love to you all
Yours very sincerely
F. Russel
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Letter to Mrs K Wynn from Florence Russell
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Mrs Russel assumes that Mrs Wynn has no news and writes about her other two sons who are serving and tells Mrs Wynn to keep hoping.
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F Russell
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1943-10-31
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two page handwritten letter
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eng
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ERusselFWynnK431031
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Southport
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1943-10-31
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Wynn, Ian Archer
I A Wynn
Description
An account of the resource
146 Items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer Ian Archer Wynn (1908 - 1943, 146838 Royal Air Force). After training as ground crew he remustered as a flight engineer and flew operations with 100 Squadron. He was killed 25 May 1943 on an operation from RAF Grimsby to Düsseldorf. Collection consists of a diary, a memorial book, an official report on what was his final operation, photographs of his crew, his family and the squadron as well as official correspondence from Air Ministry and British Red Cross, letters of condolence and a large number of letters from Ian Wynn to his wife Kathleen. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Patrick Anthony Wynn and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Ian Archer Wynn is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/126116/">IBCC Losses Database.</a>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-07-13
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Wynn, IA
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[inserted] 1 [/inserted]
75 Avondale Rd
Southport
Lancs
17.12.43
My dear Mrs Wynn
I can’t tell you how sorry I was when I read your letter, to hear that your husband was presumed to have lost his life on May 26th. I don’t think really that anything further has been heard of the missing crew, but that, after six months have gone by, the A.M. conclude this for Official Purposes. I also heard from them early in Nov. confirming that Gordon lost his life on May 26th but no more details were given. His payments to me ceased on Nov. 1st, so then I filled up the form sent to me by the
[page break]
[inserted] (2) [/inserted]
R.A.F Benevolent Fund. I was very pleased with their quick reply – they sent me £4, & told me to write to the Ministry of Pensions for the Application Forms, to see if I should be considered for a pension. I did this & sent them back only yesterday – I will let you know how I go on.
What an anxious time you must have had during the past weeks – I do hope the boys will [inserted] soon [/inserted] be right again – I think Whooping Cough is the most distressing of childish ailments, especially with one so young as Tony.
I feel for you deeply – I know how dreadful I feel about Gordon at times, when I stop to think. It is always there
[page break]
[inserted] 3 [/inserted]
at the back of my mind. It was Gordons birthday on Dec 6th he would have been [corrected] 23 [/corrected].
I got a most beautiful letter from Jim, which bought tears all over again. It was the same when I got your letter – it takes a long time to get over such sorrow as ours & only time will heal. We have to think there are thousands more, sorrowing for their loved ones.
A great friend of Jim’s – an old school friend has died in Japanese Prison of War camp – I think that is infinitely worse than Gordon’s death. Jim has just been before a medical board in London & is still unfit for operational flying - & is on the ground for
[page break]
[inserted] 4 [/inserted]
another three months.
Geoff is hoping to get leave from Africa early in the new year.
My daughter Kathleen has been in bed with influenza for over a week now – half of the population in Southport seems to have had it. I do sincerely hope you are feeling better, & taking great care of yourself & that father & mother are keeping well. Give them my kind regards please.
With loving wishes for Christmas, hoping it will bring some measure of happiness & peace,
Yours very sincerely
F. Russel
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Letter to Mrs K Wynn from Florence Russell
Description
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Florence is upset that her son Gordon and Mrs Wynn’s husband are now presumed dead. Goes on to write about financial help from RAF Benevolent Fund. Catches up with family news and of other acquaintances including one who died in Japanese prisoner of war camp. .
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F Russell
Date
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1943-12-17
Format
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Four page handwritten letter
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eng
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ERusselFWynnK4312117
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Southport
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1943-12-17
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grief
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prisoner of war
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Title
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Wynn, Ian Archer
I A Wynn
Description
An account of the resource
146 Items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer Ian Archer Wynn (1908 - 1943, 146838 Royal Air Force). After training as ground crew he remustered as a flight engineer and flew operations with 100 Squadron. He was killed 25 May 1943 on an operation from RAF Grimsby to Düsseldorf. Collection consists of a diary, a memorial book, an official report on what was his final operation, photographs of his crew, his family and the squadron as well as official correspondence from Air Ministry and British Red Cross, letters of condolence and a large number of letters from Ian Wynn to his wife Kathleen. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Patrick Anthony Wynn and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Ian Archer Wynn is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/126116/">IBCC Losses Database.</a>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-07-13
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Wynn, IA
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Transcription
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[inserted] 1. [/inserted]
75 Arndale Rd.
Southport
June 22/43
Dear Mrs Wynn,
I was very glad indeed to receive your letter As a matter of fact, I was on the point of writing to you myself- as I, also, have a list of the names & addresses of the crew & I had picked on you first, being the nearest. Like you, I have done everything possible, to gain information quickly, should anything be heard of the crew. I got in touch with the Southport Branch of the Red Cross immediately.
For the present, I think that “no news is good news”, and as
[page break]
[inserted] 2. [/inserted]
each day goes by, I feel more & more convinced that the crew are alive somewhere. We can only live in hopes until we hear something more definite.
Gordon said what a splendid lot of fellows they all were & seemed proud to be one of them. He is the youngest of my three sons, all serving in air crew.
I would like to say again how I appreciated you writing to me & should I hear any news of any of the crew before you do, I will immediately let you know. In the mean time I shall think about you & your little ones & hope with
[page break]
[inserted] 3 [/inserted]
all my heart that when news does eventually come it will be heartening to both of us. I shall always be pleased to hear from you.
Yours sincerely
Florence Russel
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Letter to Mrs K Wynn from Florence Russell
Description
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Says she was pleased to get her letter, that she got names and addresses of other crew members and had done everything possible to get information. Mentions that her youngest son Gordon had spoken highly of the crew and that she had another two sons also aircrew.
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F Russell
Date
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1943-06-22
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Three page handwritten letter
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IBCC Digital Archive
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ERussellFLWynnK430622-0001; ERussellFLWynnK430622-0002; ERussellFLWynnK430622-0003
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