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Whitehead, Tom
T Whitehead
Description
An account of the resource
31 items and an album sub collection. Collection concerns Warrant Officer Tom Whitehead (b. 1923) who served as a rear gunner with 428 Squadron operating from RAF Dalton in Yorkshire. He was shot down over Duisburg and became a prisoner of war. Collection includes his prisoner of war logbook, official correspondence to his mother, official documentation, letters from the Caterpillar Club, German prisoner of war propaganda, 14 editions of the Red Cross prisoner of war newspaper and photographs of Royal Air Force personnel including himself.
Album in sub collection consists of 47 pages of prisoner of war related photographs.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pamela Hyslop and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2018-03-07
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Whitehead, T
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CATERPILLAR CLUB
September 30, 1943.
Sgt. T Whitehead,
Gefangenennummer:1051
M_STAMMLAGER LUFT 1,
Via Stalag Luft 3,
DEUTSCHLAND.
Dear Sgt. Whitehead.
Many thanks for your card and I am indeed glad to hear that one of our chutes was the means of saving your life.
I have much pleasure in welcoming you as a member of the Caterpillar Club, and will certainly do as you requested with your Caterpillar Pin, [sic]
Enclosing your membership Card herewith, with our compliments and best wishes, I am,
Yours sincerely,
[Signature]
For Leslie L. Irvin
MEL.
Encl.
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Letter to Tom Whitehead from Caterpillar Club
Description
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Addressed to Stalag Luft 1. Welcomes him to Caterpillar Club and encloses membership card.
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L L Irvin
Date
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1943-09-30
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One page printed letter
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eng
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EIrvinLLWhiteheadT430930
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Germany
Germany--Barth
Great Britain
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1943-04
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Claire Monk
air gunner
aircrew
bale out
Caterpillar Club
prisoner of war
Stalag Luft 1
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Whitehead, Tom
T Whitehead
Description
An account of the resource
31 items and an album sub collection. Collection concerns Warrant Officer Tom Whitehead (b. 1923) who served as a rear gunner with 428 Squadron operating from RAF Dalton in Yorkshire. He was shot down over Duisburg and became a prisoner of war. Collection includes his prisoner of war logbook, official correspondence to his mother, official documentation, letters from the Caterpillar Club, German prisoner of war propaganda, 14 editions of the Red Cross prisoner of war newspaper and photographs of Royal Air Force personnel including himself.
Album in sub collection consists of 47 pages of prisoner of war related photographs.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pamela Hyslop and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2018-03-07
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Whitehead, T
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CATERPILLAR CLUB
8th August, 1945.
W/O. T. Whitehead,
Jaum Fields Farm,
Littlemoss,
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Lancs.
Dear W/O. Whitehead,
Referring to your letter received 3rd May, I am terribly sorry that it has not been possible to write sooner.
I am indeed glad that you are now safely back home again, and I now have much pleasure in sending you your Caterpillar Pin with our compliments and the hope that it brings you Good Luck.
Ours sincerely,
Leslie Irvin
Leslie L. Irvin.
VHH
Enc. Pin.
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Letter to Tom Whitehead from the Caterpillar Club
Description
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Following his letter received 3 May, welcomes him home and encloses Caterpillar pin.
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L L Irvin
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1945-08-08
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eng
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EIrvinLLWhiteheadT450808
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
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1945
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One-page typewritten letter
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Claire Monk
aircrew
Caterpillar Club
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Layne, Wally
Walter Henry Layne
W H Layne
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-06-07
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Layne, WH
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100 items. The collection concerns Walter 'Wally' Layne (b. 1916, 963012, 40348 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, prisoner of war diary, personal and official correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 97 Squadron and became a prisoner of war after being shot down.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by D Layne and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Letter to Wally Layne from the Caterpillar Club
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Sending him his caterpillar badge.
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L L Irvin
Date
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1946-01-29
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Great Britain
England--Hertfordshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Letchworth
England--Grantham
England--Herefordshire
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1946-01-29
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IBCC Digital Archive
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EIrvinLLLayneWH460129
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Royal Air Force
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eng
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One typewritten letter
Caterpillar Club
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Scott, Eric William
E W Scott
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-04-06
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Scott, EW
Description
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139 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Eric Scott (1425952, 188329 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, a memoir, correspondence, documents, newspaper cuttings, a flying course handbook and photographs. He flew operations in North Africa as a bomb aimer with 142 Squadron and then after an instructional tour in Palestine started a second tour on 37 Squadron in Italy where he was shot down and finished the war as a prisoner. <br /><br />The collection includes three albums.<br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2040"><span>Album 1</span></a> <span>Photographs of Jerusalem, Bethlehem. Tel Aviv, Haifa and friends.</span><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2041">Album 2</a> <span>Photographs taken during training in the United States and England and during his service in North Africa and Italy.<br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2046">Album 3</a> Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, documents and the last issue of the Prisoner of war Journal.<br /></span><br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jacqui Holman and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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[postmark]
[postage stamp]
[inserted] [underlined] CATERPILLA [sic] CLUB CERT [/underlined] [/inserted]
Mrs. Scott,
4, William Street,
LINCOLN.
[page break]
Leslie L. Irvin
F.R.Ae.S., F.R.S.A.
CATERPILLAR CLUB
Icknield Way
Letchworth
England
[page break]
[underlined] Congratulations . . . [/underlined]
It is indeed a pleasure to welcome you as a member of the Caterpillar Club.
As is customary, we are having the official insignia of the Club made and engraved especially for you. Unfortunately, however, due to supply restrictions, there will be some delay in receiving this, but it will be sent to you at the first opportunity.
In the meantime we have pleasure in sending your membership certificate, which you will find attached, with our best wishes, in recognition of the emergency parachute jump which you made.
CATERPILLAR CLUB
[page break]
[Caterpillar Club sticker for E.W. Scott dated 21-10-44 and annotated Hendon 1981]
[gold caterpillar badge]
[Caterpillar Club membership card for Flight Sergeant E.W. Scott]
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Letter to Mrs E W Scott from the caterpillar club
Description
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Contains welcome to the club and includes tag with date, card for Flight Sergeant E W Scott, a gold caterpillar badge and envelope.
Creator
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L L Irvin
Date
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1945-04-26
Format
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One printed letter, one circular printed tag, one printed card and a gold caterpillar badge
Language
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eng
Type
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Physical object
Text
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Great Britain
England--Lincolnshire
England--Hertfordshire
England--Lincoln
England--Letchworth
England--Herefordshire
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1945-04-26
1944-10-21
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MScottEW188329-170406-03
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Pending text-based transcription. Under review
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Tricia Marshall
bale out
Caterpillar Club