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Catches up with news of activities, baby, cinema, reading, friends and acquaintances.

Hopes he is well and receiving mail regularly. Catches up with family news concerning baby son. Mentions getting photographs and writes of activities and catches up with news of friends and acquaintances. Writes about parcels sent and asks him to let…

Sending him his caterpillar badge.

Writes that they were glad to hear that her husband was safe and a prisoner of war. Notes that other crew members were also prisoners. Congratulates her on behalf of husband who received his commission 13 September 1943.

Suggest that she does not send officers uniform to him direct but should write to the international Red Cross committee to get a definite ruling.

Offers sympathy and informs her that her husband's personal effects would be despatched to the standing committee of adjustments at RAF Colnbrook.

Informs her that Air Ministry has instructed them to issue sums due to her husband in respect of RAF pay and asks for details of his bank account.

Thanks her for her letter concerning her husbands bank account and they were in communication with the Air Ministry about her financial position.

Notes her change of address and regrets that they were not in a position to give information on her husbands effects as they had not been received yet.

Glad to note her husband was safe as a prisoner of war. Advises her that effects could not be released without written authority of the prisoner himself. Ask her to forward any letter from him to this respect.

Notes her husbands national saving certificates were held in safe custody at their office and could only be released to her on written instructions of her husband.

Confirms that her husband was promoted to warrant officer with effect from 1 August 1943.

Informs her that her husband now a prisoner of war was appointed to a commission and goes on to explain resulting financial matters. Writes that as an officer he needs a bank account and suggests how they go about arranging this.

Covers some financial matters and birth certificate for expected child.

Covers financial matters of allowances and her husband's pay arrangements.

Notes that her husband was officially promulgated as missing and explains how long payment of family allowance will continue and at what rates.

Writes concerning ante-natal and married allowances and other financial matters.

Returning child's birth certificate and notice that authority would be sought to part of her husband's emoluments until he was able to make his own arrangements.

Informs her that he husband was promoted to rank of flying officer and includes new rate of pay and mentions prisoner of war deductions.

Writes about husband's rate of pay and married allowance.

Informs her that her husband was missing as a result of air operations to Mannheim on night 23/24 September 1943.

Had learned that her husband was missing. Informs her that information regarding allowances should be sought from the Air Ministry. he should let the benevolent fund know if she required any temporary assistance.

Thanks her for letter and returning family allowance book and informs her that the questions raised in her letter have been forwarded to the Air Ministry as they would be dealing with the matter.

Notes that as they only dealt with officers' allowances not pay. Her enquiry had been passed to the RAF Agents - Lloyds Bank (Cox's & King's Branch).

Notifies her of transfer of funds to her husbands account at Lloyds Bank Grantham.