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Reid, Kathleen
Reid, K
Reid, Kathryn
Reid, Katy
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92 items and a <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2219">sub-collection with thirty-seven poems/songs</a>. The collection concerns Kathryn (Katy) Reid (Royal Air Force) and contains memoirs, correspondence, poems and photographs. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by David Stuart Miers Reid and catalogued by Nigel Huckins
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2018-01-23
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Reid, K
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Mitchel Field, N. Y.
May 13, 1947
My darling Cathie:
I received one of your letters today and a belated one a couple of days ago… It had gone to the squadron mailroom, to which I seldom go, as I pick up the Beacon mail at the postoffice. [sic] I liked your first letter, but your last one made me sad. I decided that I was going to go all out to try to improve your dampened spirits. It makes me feel blue when I know that you are feeling blue, Cathie, because you are the only one that makes life bearable for me now. I work, work work, with this newspaper. I’m sick of it; I’m sick of anything to do with the newspaper business.
If we had more help maybe I wouldn’t mind it so bad, but now I hardly have time to evn [sic[ write to my mother.
I’ve heard and read how things are in England now. Darling, can’t they do something? Britian [sic] didn’t lose the war. From all reports, even Germany is being better fed now. If something were done, instead of all the bickering and the armchair stragetists [sic] that tell the world how to get along, but do nothing about it. When I think of how much we have; how much we waste; enough to keep hundreds of thousands.
What to do? Spring, almost summer, is here. The fields are green…. what little there is here. And the trees are all in bloom. Green leaves. Maytime. It’s not like Romberg’s “Maytime,” because this is not the proper setting. Long Island is so thickly populated, that you have few miles without villages and towns. I don’t like urban life. I wish we were situated in the country, like Cyderstone, where you could hop on a bicycle and breeze down the road, pass brooks and farms and forests…
A change of typewriters because I had to be alone to really get down to business writing this letter to you. A couple of guys in my office were arguing and I couldn’t get into the mood to write.
What was it about England--with all her privations, her wartime restrictions that got under my skin? It wasn’t only you Cathie, dearest. Because I loved London, and all the other places that I visited. But especially London. I have menus from Simpson’s-in-the-Strand, and other restaurants there, which I take out of my suitcase occasionally and read over; it seems that I have not left London; that I can take the train and in three hours be there. Oh, why did I have to rush right back home. Having been away for two years, I was eager to get back, to the states, and I was only here a short while when I realized that I shouldn’t have been so hasty. If only I had stayed around long enough to have married you before I left, things would be so much easier now. But as it is, we have to wait, and wait and wait.
I am waiting, but not very patiently. Time goes on. It has
[page break]
been two years--over since I saw you… In fact, I remember the exact day; the exact hour, I boarded the liberator and left the base at Chetingtion, [sic] for Prestwick, Scotland. It was about 10 a m, on July 9, 1945. Then we stayed around Prestwick for quite a while, and I never realized that I was preparing to leave this country behind. This country with its age-old villages; its ancient Gothic and Norman churches; this country with its tiny farms, its tea, its Yorkshire pudding, and its stubbornness, which brought the people through the dark times. This country that had produced a girl which was to steal my heart forever and ever. The girl who raced down the hill on the bicycle, laughing and her hair blowing in the wind… so tiny, but so real, so alive. The girl who liked to sing “Always”, who was so sweet and kind that before she would say anything unkind about a person, she would say nothing.
Now you wonder, Cathie, darling, you wonder if I want you; if I could live without you. I may as well tell you again, as I have over and over, that you are the only girl I’ll ever love. You’re not the only girl I’ve thought I’ve loved, because when I was going to school, I used to think that I surely would die if I could not have some little 16 or 14 year old girl who was my “puppy love”. How [deleted] yo [/deleted] you can ever doubt that I could love anyone else as long as I could remember your eyes, your funny little laugh…. I can still see you standing under Nelson’s statue (I never did get to see you standing there, thanks to fate) but I can imagine how you would have looked. Why don’t you go there sometimes, darling, and feed the pidgeons [sic]…. watch the crowds who seek temporarily to get away from the hubdub [sic] of the teeming city. And walk down into the Strand, across from the Tivoli theatre to the queen’s head. There you will find Mom; she is the sort you can’t miss because she is the typical Mom, huge, round and very kind, She used to treat me kindly. I wrote her a letter, she answered it and I failed to write, but you can ask her about the guy she wrote to at Mitchel Field. Tell her that I still think of her and that I will write to her. Explain how being in the Air Forces, and trying to edit a paper without 1/5 of the staff I need occupies most of my time.
But that I could just stroll down the Strand with you. You know that is my favorite [sic] section of London. Piccadilly is second because it is the entertainment center [sic] of the city, and I think I like Marble Arch next. I want to cry when I look back at the wonderful times I had there. Of all the laughing young Americans who tramped London’s streets, thinking they didn’t like it, but all the time loving it. Again I think how sad it would be to go back to that city and find it all changed…. find all Americans gone. You probably think of it as an interlude that has passed. You knew London when it ss [sic] didn’t have Americans. I never did. To me London is filled with Americans… in the pubs, in the streets, restaurants, in the hotels. I can’t picture it without them. So perhaps it is best that I don’t go back, because doubtless I would be disappointed. It all would be so different… so unlike the London I remember. Even the friends I made in London have changed.
I could sing the praises of the island for days, and whenever I get the chance to do so, I sing those praises.
I, at last,, have my teeth, after more than 120 hours in the dentist’s chair. They fixed me a permanent bridge that can not be detected (they say) or removed. Everyone says they [deleted] a [/deleted] can not be detected… to me they don’t look natural, because I know how my
[page break]
real teeth looked. They were crooked, but these are so perfect that I can’t imagine them as my own. I’ve had them in for a couple of days. Tomorrow I’m going to have them cemented in. then it’s permanent. The doctor has been very nice to me, although I have become an institution there. Its going to seem odd not to be able to go back to the dentist again after four months, I went once ever [sic] day, and sometimes twice a day.
The picture “Odd Man Out” which you saw in London, and said you didn’t like, got rave notices in New York and is doing a landslide business. Have you, by chance, seen “Oklahoma” which opened there recently; the reviews that reached this side of the ocean said that it was the greatest American play to have opened since the Belle of New York in 1898.
LATER;
Since I’ve started this letter a lot has happened, and I’ve put out an issue of The Beacon, too. First I received your telegram. Then I received your letter. Happy days. I’m so glad that you could get things arranged--I still don’t know why you’re coming. I want to warn you again of all my faults. You probably won’t be able to stand me, but shall we give it a try anyway. Sometimes I get temperamental. You know that though. I live a keyed up life, fly off the handle easily, but get over it soon, and am sorry. I suppose it’s the Irish temper though.
I’m taking a pass this weekend, going out to Elmira for 5 days, to renew old acquaintances. May go to New York, too and see some shows. Joan of Lorraine as treated by Author Maxwell Anderson and Ingrid Bergman, the star, was a simple country girl; neither a mystic nor soldier.
I haven’t had a pass since I went home on furlough last December. I need one terribly…. I have to get away from newspapers for awhile or go crazy. I work too hard on this darn rag, and let every thing else drop while I’m doing it. I don’t know why. It’s not getting me anywhere.
Of course I’ll write a letter to your Mother. Flying is
[page break]
safer than travelling by automobile or train now. The percentage of accidents in the air are much less than travel by land.
Things will be all right after you get settled here, because the Army provides a fair allowance for dependents, but it will take a month or two for things to get straightened out. If I can obtain permission to live off the post (and I’m sure I can) they grant you another $37.50 a month for quarters… perhaps its more. The main problem, now, is to find a place to stay… an apartment. The housing situation is nil. Too, I only work five days a week here, and could possibly get a spare-time job over the weekends and in the evenings.
I think I could arrange a transfer near home, which would help a lot, as I would be able to build or buy my own home down there. But Long Island, being just a little more than 20 miles from New York, is the ideal place… if I’m to continue to try to say in the newspaper business, or you want to continue your career. It’s a shame for you to waste all that knowledge of makebelieve [sic] (which you call a hindrance) and which I love. I want to hear you as Lady Macbeth… (not that I think you are a Lady M) But I like to see actresses dig in, something they can get their teeth into, and turn in a performance. Maybe we can collaborate on a starring vehicle for you. [deleted] [indecipherable word] [/deleted] Remember the plot (or Plots) of the story I sent you before?
If I didn’t tell you in Chapter One of this book, I have my teeth now, after a long delay. They look good--are not removable, so I won’t have to worry about being seen without them. Four of them replaced.
It’s a beautiful day here today, after rain last night. Spring has arrived, definitely. Before I thought it had arrived, but was fooled.
[page break]
I’ll check with the Legal Dept. on the status of getting into the U.S. It can’t be very tough, though, because we don’t even need passports to get to the country to the North. Laws are easy, they trust us and we trust them. Never were two countries more alike. We have the same accents, both like apple pie and coffee, and are brothers under the skin.
I’ve got a dental appointment in about 5 minutes, so for the present I’ll have to suspend this “issue.” Had more [deleted] the [/deleted] time than I thought, so I can continue (& perhaps complete) this “note.”
I’ll be seeing you, I hope, and until I do…. let me say… all my love to you. You’ve already got my folks and Aunt Cat on your side. They told me if I didn’t ask you to come over, they would. They all want to meet you. There’s a lot I want to tell you but it will be better to reveal all my past to you in person. It’s not lurid, though, I can assure you. A little hectic, but not bizarre. So darling, until we meet….
All my love, forever and ever,
Just…
“Heathcliff”
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Letter to Cathie from Ford Killen
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Writes about her recent letters. Mentions poor state of things in England and reminisces over his time there. Writes about the last time he saw her and his journey back to the United States. Continues to express his feelings for her and speculates on a future. Goes on with mention of visit to dentist and describes his current activities and speculates more on future plans for them.
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F Killen
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1947-05-13
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1947-05-13
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United States
New York (State)--Mitchel Field
Great Britain
Scotland--Prestwick
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United States Army Air Force
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eng
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Five-page typewritten letter
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EKillenFReidKM470513
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B-24
love and romance
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102 Squadron Collection
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Thirty-one items.
The collection concerns material from the 102 Squadron Association and contains part of a Tee Emm magazine, documents, photographs, accounts of Ceylonese in the RAF, a biography, poems, a log book, cartoons, intelligence and operational reports, an operations order and an account by a United States Army Air Force officers secret trip to Great Britain to arrange facilities for American forces.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Harry Bartlett and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2019-05-23
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102 Squadron Association
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Report on my foreign service project August 1941 - April 1942
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Written by Ken Boyd the brother-in-law of a Bomber Command pilot Wilfred Comrie who was killed in a crash at RAF Pocklington in March 1943. Wilfred was an American who joined the RCAF in May 1941 and served on 102 Squadron. Ken Boyd was a first lieutenant in the USAAF who in August 1941 was seconded to a secret mission to the United Kingdom to make plans for the maintenance, supply and repair of American Air Force equipment in the British Isles. He tells of his journey to London by air, accommodation in London. Describes his assignments running his colonel's office, obtaining technical observers wings (for access to flying in military aircraft), journey's and work in Belfast (Langford Lodge). He mentions jet engine design and visit to Frank Whittle. Mentions an aborted flight on bombing run to Berlin. Continues with more on plans for maintenance at Langford Lodge and tours of British manufacturing facilities. Gives account of French restaurant in London and describes the arrival of American troops in Northern Ireland. Concludes with other meetings and trip back across the Atlantic. Includes memorandum for Colonel Powers giving him the mission instructions and Ken Boyd's orders and authority to possess secter RAF maps and documents.
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Lt Col Kenneth G Boyd
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1941-08-25
1941-08-27
1942-03-12
1942-01-17
1941-05
1942-06
1942-01-09
1942-01-26
1942-05
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1941-12-07
1941-08
1941-08-23
1941-06
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United States
North Dakota--Fargo
Great Britain
England--Yorkshire
Germany
Germany--Berlin
Ohio--Dayton
Washington (D.C.)
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador--Gander
Maine
Scotland--Prestwick
England--London
Northern Ireland--Belfast
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Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Memoir
Text. Personal research
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Thirteen page printed document
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BBoydKGBoydKGv1
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102 Squadron
B-24
crash
Halifax
killed in action
RAF Pocklington
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Clegg, Peter Vernon. Isaacson, Peter - folder
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Four items. Contains photographs, biography of Wing Commander Peter Isaacson AM, DFC, AFC, DFM RAAF and extracts from his log book covering a journey from England to Australia.
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2015-07-02
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Clegg-PV
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Extract from Peter Isaacson's log book
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Covers his flight from England west via the United States to Australia in 1943.
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12 b/w photocopied pages
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eng
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
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BCleggPVIsaacsonPv10012
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Royal Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
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Great Britain
Canada
United States
Kiribati
Australia
England--Cheshire
England--Wiltshire
Scotland--Prestwick
Québec--Montréal
Ontario--Ottawa
Ontario--Toronto
California--San Francisco
Hawaii--Honolulu
Kiribati--Kanton
Queensland--Brisbane
New South Wales--Sydney
California
Hawaii
New South Wales
Queensland
Ontario
Québec
Kiribati
Korea (South)
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1943
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
aircrew
Lancaster
pilot
RAF Lyneham
RAF Prestwick
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Spence, Max
Maxwell Alexander Spence
Maxwell A Spence
Maxwell Spence
M A Spence
M Spence
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Three items. An oral history interview with Maxwell Alexander "Max" Spence (437564 Royal Australian Air Force), his log book and a photograph. He flew operations as a navigator with 460 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Max Spence and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-10-05
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Spence, MA
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Max Spence's flying log book
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Navigator’s flying log book for L Spence covering the period from 25 February 1944 to 12 April 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RCAF Edmonton (2 AOS), RAF West Freugh (4 OAFU), RAF Hixon (30 OTU), RAF Lindholme (1656 HCU), 460 Squadron (RAF Binbrook). Aircraft flown in were Anson, Wellington and Lancaster. He flew a total of 18 night-time operations with 460 Squadron, targets were Mannheim, Wiesbaden, Politz, Dresden, Chemnitz, Dortmund, Duisburg, Pforzheim, Cologne, Nuremburg, Hanau, Bralichstrasse, mining, Total 19 operations. His pilot on operations was Pilot Officer Harrison. The book has been scribbled in with coloured crayons. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Terry Hancock
Cara Walmsley
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One booklet
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eng
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
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LSpenceMA437564v1
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Australian Air Force
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Canada
Great Britain
Poland
Alberta--Edmonton
England--Staffordshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Yorkshire
Germany--Chemnitz
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Dresden
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Hanau
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Pforzheim
Germany--Wiesbaden
Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)
Scotland--Prestwick
Germany--Nuremberg
Alberta
Germany
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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1944
1945
1945-02-01
1945-02-02
1945-02-03
1945-02-08
1945-02-09
1945-02-12
1945-02-13
1945-02-14
1945-02-15
1945-02-20
1945-02-21
1945-02-22
1945-02-23
1945-02-24
1945-03-01
1945-03-02
1945-03-05
1945-03-06
1945-03-15
1945-03-16
1945-03-17
1945-03-18
1945-03-22
1945-03-23
1945-03-26
1945-04-04
1945-04-05
1945-04-09
1945-04-10
1656 HCU
30 OTU
460 Squadron
Advanced Flying Unit
Air Observers School
aircrew
Anson
bombing
bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945)
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
mine laying
navigator
Operational Training Unit
RAF Binbrook
RAF Hixon
RAF Lindholme
RAF West Freugh
training
Wellington
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[post mark]
Prisoner of War Post
[two indecipherable words] Post
755052 J.D. Hudson (Sgt Chef)
Camp De Sejour Suirveille
S Couvert Commandent D’armes
LE KEF
Tunisie
Nord Afrique
[page break]
[post mark]
From:
JB Morton
Prestwick
5-3-41
[page break]
Beamar
15 Montgomerie Rd
Prestwick Ayrshire.
29-12-40
Dear Douglas,
Here I am at last hope you got Xmas card alright. Well my Dear I was awfully pleased to get your mothers letter after having the one that you were missing. In fact I had written you and my letter was returned saying you were missing so I just wrote at once to your mother asking about you it was then we were all so anxious about you. I am very delighted to know you are alive and safe meantime. From your mother’s letter you seem to be very
[page break]
Well in health and otherwise I was very sorry for your mother and father but they are both in better spirits now. I hope you will excuse me being so long in writing to you. I thought maybe I would get a letter from you first. Beamar is just the same billets for the R.A.F. boys there is a course finished just now they left here Saturday for some where. So I have no one meantime. Mr Danks left 10 months ago I miss him very much but he had to go his business had a call on him. So I have no one in his place. The Greens are still here they have a little baby Girl now. I suppose you will never have had any word of Robert at all. I had one of the lads visiting me one who was before you he is well in the midst of things he was on 7 days leave.
You will be missing all the cold weather snow and ice and frost and rain. It will be quite summer where you are. I suppose it will be Christmas and New Year with you all the same. I would have sent you some little thing but wont know what to send or do but when you write you might please let me know if I can send you anything I will be only too pleased to do it.
[page break]
You remember Janie. She was awfully sorry to know you were reported missing, but quite pleased now to know your safe. Well Douglas I dont think I can say much more I know you wont have much time for writing but whenever you can I will be so pleased to have a note from you. Trusting you are in good health and spirits wishing you all the best of the season. Love and all good wishes from [underlined] J.B. Morton [/underlined]
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Letter to Douglas Hudson from J B Morton
Description
An account of the resource
Mentions letter from Douglas's mother informing writer that Douglas was missing and now delighted to know he was alive and safe. Catches up with news of acquanitances. Hopes he got Christms card. Asks Douglas to let them know if there is anything they can send.
Creator
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J B Morton
Date
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1940-12-29
Format
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Three page handwritten letter and envelope
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eng
Type
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Text
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EMortonJBHudsonJD401229
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Scotland--Ayrshire
Scotland--Prestwick
North Africa
Scotland
Great Britain
Temporal Coverage
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1940-12-29
1941-03-05
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Jan Waller
prisoner of war
-
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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[Envelope]
[underlined] PRISONERS OF WAR POST [/underlined] [postmark]
No. 755052 HUDSON: J.D. (SGT. CHEF),
[censor stamp] CAMP DE SEJOUR SUIRVEILLE,
S/COURENT COMMANDANT D’ARMES,
LE KEF
TUNISIE
[underlined] NORD AFRIQUE. [/underlined]
[page break]
3-1-41 Miss J. B. Morton
Beamar
Montgomerie Road
Prestwick
[postmark] [underlined] Ayrshire [/underlined]
Scotland
[circled] VA27 [/circled] [censor stamp]
[page break]
[decorative Christmas card] bells, flowers best wishes
[Page break]
[drawing] May your Christmas be happy and the New Year full of joy.
Though often changes may befall, Our thoughts once more old times recall And bring to mind fond memories sweet, This happy Christmas Morn to greet.
Love from J. B Morton [underlined] Beamern [/underlined]
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Title
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Douglas Hudson Christmas card
Description
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Sent by J B Morton. Flowers and bells on the front with green ribbon. Woman at post-box inside front. Christmas greetings inside right.
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J B Morton
Date
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1940-11-27
Format
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Card and envelope
Language
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eng
Type
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Artwork
Text
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EMortonJBHudsonJD401127
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Tunisia
Tunisia--El Kef
Great Britain
Scotland--Ayrshire
Scotland--Prestwick
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1940-11-27
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Robin Christian
prisoner of war
-
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
Description
An account of the resource
529 items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer James Douglas Hudson, DFC (755052 Royal Air Force) who joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in June 1939 and trained as an observer. While on route to Malta in August 1940 his Blenheim crashed in Tunisia and he was subsequently interned for two and a half years by Vichy French in Tunisia and Algeria. After being freed he returned to Great Britain and after navigator retraining completed a tour of 30 operations on 100 Squadron. The collection contains letters to and from his parents and from French penfriends while interned in Tunisia and Algeria, newspaper cuttings of various events, logbooks and lists of operations, official documents and photographs. A further 23 items are in two sub-collections with details of navigator examinations and postcards of Laghouat Algeria.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Smith and Yvonne Puncher and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br />
<p>This collection also contains items concerning Louis Murray and Harry Bowers. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202827/">Harry Bowers</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/220410/">Louis Murray</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database.</p>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
Transcribed document
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“BEAMAR”
15. Montgomerie Road.
Prestwick.
Scotland.
17/1/40.
Dear Mother & Dad,
I will not write a long letter because it is nearly post – time & I must catch it if this letter is to arrive tomorrow.
I have been flying all day & have put in about 5 hours. At long last I have been up in an Anson, which is a much easier craft to navigate than the Fokker. The visibility was exceptionally good & the temperature was exceptionally low. This morning the Auxu [sic] [inserted] thermometer [/inserted] recorded 18˚ of Frost Fahrenheit & believe me lying on ones tummy with the floor board up getting drift on the Bomb Sight was a cold job. Especially when the aircraft was doing 140 mph at the time.
This morning our flight took us over Arran & the Giants Causeway in Ireland. This afternoon
[page break]
we flew over an aerodrome just out of Belfast & the return journey took us back over Arran. Our total journey was about 600 miles, including both flights & they were quite satisfactory. There were two Observers beside the Pilot & Wireless Operator. This morning my Co-Observer acted as first navigator, & this afternoon it was my privilege. We got our pilot there and back very well, & he flew entirely to our instructions.
I am enclosing a photo. quite a genuine & accurate one, of an Anson which is exactly like our plane.
I must away now. I will write a short note for Mother’s birthday tomorrow, but owing to the irregularity of the postal deliveries don’t be too disappointed if my letter does not arrive until an afternoon post. I think it takes a post & a half from here.
Hoping both are well & warm.
Love Douglas.
P.S. I have a pair of flying boots now.
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Title
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
Description
An account of the resource
Writes and describes flying all day in Anson which was easier to navigate that the Fokker. Mentions 18 degrees of frost lying on the floor getting drift on the bomb sight. Continues to describe his route and other airborne activity.
Date
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1940-01-27
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE400117
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
Scotland--South Ayrshire
Scotland--Prestwick
Temporal Coverage
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1940-01-17
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Steve Christian
aircrew
Anson
military service conditions
-
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Redgrave, Henry Cecil
H C Redgrave
Description
An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-10-02
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Redgrave, HC
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10 Burnside Gardens
Prestwick
Ayrshire.
[underlined] 4/7/40 [/underlined]
Dear Mrs Redgrave,
Many thanks for your interesting letter received a few day’s [sic] ago. We were glad to hear that you were near your husband You will feel very alarmed about having to vacate your own home. Things at this end, so far are reported, all quiet. The planes (Nazi) have been over Glasgow but we have not seen any or heard any. There is still as much night flying as ever, up till 2 AM. What a noise they make. The “drone” is still the same, one lot coming one lot going. We were glad to hear you had such a nice holiday in Scotland. When
[page break]
this war is over I hope it will be soon, then we would be very pleased to have your husband, self & little daughter. You would then see more sights you have never seen before. Irene has been up & down this last six weeks, Asthma. The weather has been all against her. I have quite a lot [sic] correspondence to get through, so would you please excuse, bad writing etc.
With kindest regards & best wishes to you both from Mrs Watt & myself.
Yours sincerely
[underlined] A.D. Watt. [/underlined]
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Letter to Mrs H Redgrave from Mr A D Watt
Description
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Letter in reply to one written by Jessie Redgrave, sympathising with her having to leave her home and inviting them to visit when the war is over.
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A D Watt
Date
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1940-07-04
Format
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Two handwritten sheets
Language
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eng
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EWattADRedgraveJM400704-0001,
EWattADRedgraveJM400704-0002
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
Scotland--Prestwick
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1940-07-04
-
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Title
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Redgrave, Henry Cecil
H C Redgrave
Description
An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-10-02
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Redgrave, HC
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Transcription
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[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Mrs H. C. Redgrave
“Redwood”
Oaken Grange Drive
Prittlewell
Essex
[page break]
Redbrae
Monday.
[R.A.F Crest]
Dear Jessie,
Extra day on leave. Starts from Wednesday evening and a special train will take us to London. As I do not know what time it will arrive I cant [sic] let you know when I shall be home but will try and let you know. In any case sometime Thursday morning. Im [sic] as excited as a boy with a new toy. I may be tired when I get home but darling it will give me new life to see you again.
Love to you all
Until Thursday
Harry.
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Letter to Mrs H Redgrave from Harry
Description
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A letter from Harry to his wife discussing his next leave. He is uncertain of train times.
Creator
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Harry Redgrave
Date
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1940-03-18
Format
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One envelope and one handwritten sheet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400318-0001,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400318-0002
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Southend-on-Sea
Scotland--Prestwick
England--Essex
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Cuthill, Margaret
Margaret Scott Foster Harper Cuthill
M S F H Cuthill
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10 items. An oral history interview with Leading Aircraftswoman Margaret Cuthill (b. 1926, 2151005 Royal Air Force) (nee Logan), a written memoir, her service and release book and seven photographs. She served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force from May 1944 to October 1947 as a teleprinter operator.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Margaret Cuthill and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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2018-12-13
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[blank page]
[page break]
[underlined] Oct 09 [/underlined]
[underlined] 1944/47 WAAF Life & after [/underlined]
Aged about 17yrs old I befriended a girl named Doreen at the Red Cross evening class One day she said I've volunteered for the WAAF as a Radar Operator, later on I began to feel I would like to join & train as a Nursing Orderly, but you needed to be 18yrs old & I was 17yrs & 9mths – I couldn't wait. I asked my parents if they would allow me to volunteer – they didn't mind.
[page break]
[underlined] 2. [/underlined]
So I went ahead and at the recruiting office in George St Edinburgh I was [deleted] recruited [/deleted] enrolled as a Teleprinter Operator & was off to Wilmslow training camp for 4wks on 24th May 1944.
There we were kitted out with all our uniforms, taught Service discipline, & about all ranks in the RAF, respecting your seniors, saluting officers at all times.
Our drilling & PE came rather tough for us not being use to all that exercise, but gradually
[page break]
[underlined] 3. [/underlined]
became accustomed to it. (we had to).
I soon settled down to life in a Nissen Hut. After 4wks I learned to mix in with about a dozen girls from all walks of life & many parts of the UK. I felt a little home-sick at odd times but I was accustomed to living away from home.
We were not allowed out of camp for 4wks. We were taken out on two occasions as a group & marched into Wilmslow town – to the YMCA.
[page break]
[underlined] 4 [/underlined]
Our [deleted] were [/deleted] pay parade every fortnight & you had to be well turned out – because the beady eyes of the Pay Officer [inserted] women got £3 [/inserted] Some girls went wild not having been [deleted] with [/deleted] in men's company for wks. There were two girls who broke out of camp – the disciplin [sic] was peeling potatoes & washing & cleaning ablutions (toilets) for 2 days.
After finishing Elementary Training at Wilmslow, I was posted to RAF Cranwell on a Signals Course as a Teleprinter Operator I loved the life there for 10wks. June/Jul/Aug. A very good summer
[page break]
[underlined] 5. [/underlined]
I was billetted in a married quarters house 3 girls to 1 room – not alot [sic] of space. The Sgt in charge of our house was the WAAF [deleted] Band leader [/deleted] Drum Major [deleted] on the drums [/deleted]. She was a superb person, elegant – suited her position – fair hair & tall & attractive
Our house was on the edge of the airfield – there were light aircraft trainers – we use to sit in the garden watching them. It was all very new – not having seen the flying before. (me)
[page break]
[underlined] 6 [/underlined]
The Teleprinter Operators marched to [inserted] (over TANOY) [sic] [/inserted] music [inserted] to work [/inserted] & typed to music, there [inserted] fore [/inserted] becoming touch typists The camp was not far from Sleaford – a small village/town where we would walk to the shops [inserted] and railway station [/inserted] There was plenty of entertainment on camp. On Sat evenings there was always a dance held in the Appretices [sic] Gym Hall with their own Band. Their signature tune was "You Take The 'A' Train". I loved it, – I had an Apprentice friend, but
[page break]
[underlined] 7 [/underlined]
I can't remember his name. He gave me a cap badge – it was the Apprentice Wheel – which I attached to my handbag – but that was lost. He was a very nice young fellow, several months younger than me at just 18yrs old.
Our T/Course finished mid Aug & we then had an end of Course parade in front of Cranwell College where there was a vast parade ground. Our
[page break]
8
Air Commandant of the WAAF "Lady Walsh" took the Salute while the various Apprentices Bands played and others.
Cranwell was a happy time for me in the WAAF.
From Cranwell I was posted to:- 14 MU Carlisle (Maintenance Unit). We were given 7 days leave from end of Course – so I travelled from Edinburgh to Carlisle
[page break]
[underlined] 9. [/underlined]
My train journey turned out to be a bit of a disaster. The train was rather long & mostly full of service personell [sic] – so when we arrived at Carlisle Station – I was all set to get off but being in one of the two end carriages we were not by a platform & the train pulled away I was devastated all but tears, but there were plenty of comforters – male & female around – so my journey continued to [deleted] Pre [/deleted] York.
[page break]
[underlined] 10 [/underlined]
On my return to Carlisle there are always Military Police by the gate – so I had to explain to them in order to use the transport – & [inserted] on [/inserted] arrival face the Station Warrant Officer – who starts bellowing at you about alot "bull" not a very good welcome I learned later that his nickname was "SPAM"
The Signals Section was large & accommodated many teleprinters – cable & post office machines. So we served many small units around [inserted] SE [/inserted] & Carlisle Post Office
[page break]
11.
We had civilian supervisors that is where I earned my LACW. (Leading Aircraft Woman.)
We lived in Nissen Huts about 14-16 girls. Our heating was a large coke stove in the middle of the Hut. Our beds wrought iron unsprung & 3 horse hair biscuits like large flat cushions [inserted] 2 [/inserted] white coarse sheets & 3 very rough grey blankets. 1 bolster pillow looking more like a draught excluder.
[page break]
[underlined] 12 [/underlined]
The ablutions were about – 50yds away – Baths were limited in as much as they wer [sic] always occupied [underlined] or [/underlined] there [deleted] was [/deleted] were no plugs.
The NAAFI was quite good –
We had a number of W/Indian lads there – they usually worked in the workshops – sometimes on your way into the NAAFI in the winter evenings you got [inserted] a [/inserted] scare from a few of them hanging around the entrance – black faces & white eyes piering [sic] at you.
[page break]
13
There I played netball & got my little finger (pinky) of my right hand bent.
I joined the EVT Classes Education & Vocation Training I made a leather writing case – with thonging all around the edge & a zip. My friend Mary and I use to go out to Carlisle quite a lot – to Cinema & also there was marvellous new NAAFI Club – lots of entertainment & lots boys aircrew – was the attraction. I became friendly with a fellow called Peter – he was posted into 14 MU with
[page break]
[underlined] 14 [/underlined]
many others aircrew – [deleted] he was [/deleted] they were made redundant at the end of their course – he was a navigator. I was friendly with him for a while and then he was posted away to Stafford. He came up to Edinburgh for a long weekend & met my parents, John & Renee in So Queensferry.
He had mentioned about me going over to Longtown not far from Carlisle to meet his mother however it just happened that we met by accident in Carlisle but I got the feeling I was not welcome –
[page break]
[underlined] 15. [/underlined]
There were a group of airmen & WAAF who always gathered round a table in the NAAFI – including Peter – also there was an Airman very much senior to [inserted] all of [/inserted] us & distinguished so there were lots of discussions going on. However many years later in Cirencester with Anne, Linda & a bump, I saw this man whom we named the Professor – I felt annoyed with myself for not making myself present with my family.
"that is me" –
[page break]
[underlined] 16 [/underlined]
At Carlisle we had a number of Jamacians [sic] on Camp – they all seem to fit in well & off [sic] course the girls loved to jitter bug with them (at least some of the girls).
Sometimes they wer [sic] a bit scary in the dark on our way to the NAAFI.
Our Signals Section was supervised by civilians. One of the supervisors invited Mary & me to her home in Carlisle where she lived with her mother very comfortably. She invited us to have a bath & meal & then took
[page break]
[underlined] 15 [/underlined][sic]
us to the cinema – we saw "Song of Bernadette (Jennifer Jones) I loved watching her (mainly about life in a Convent). We both thoroughly enjoyed our Sups generosity.
On 'D' Day 45' some of us WAAF stood or sat on one of those long trailer's called a Queen Mary. (a bit like one of our long car trailers we have today 2000) parading through Carlisle. (not very enjoyable).
In camp we were given a special meal served by officers
[page break]
[underlined] 16 [/underlined][sic]
& all the boys were given a cigar. Next to our camp was a small airfield 15 EFTS Kingston. They trained on "tiger moths". The Pub in Kingston was the first time I had a drink with the girls – a shandy which I disliked.
During my time in the WAAF I never went out drinking [inserted] or [/inserted] even after.
I 1946 I was posted to 90 Group Egginton Hall Derbyshire – a large country house – with a river
[page break]
[underlined] 17 [/underlined]
running through the estate. The story went that there was a ghost "A White Lady". I never saw her. – but felt nervous at times when we would have to walk by that area where she was suppose [sic] to be on our way to evening / or night shift.
Not many personnel on the station. Our Sigs Office was what would have been a servants bedroom – level with the courtyard.
There were a small number of Italian prisoners there wandering around sweeping up etc Sometimes I would push open
[page break]
[underlined] 18. [/underlined]
my [inserted] (sash) [/inserted] window level with the ground & have a chat with them.
My frind [sic] Joan was Telephonist there She liked classical music. Sometimes [inserted] we [/inserted] would [inserted] go [/inserted] into the Reading Room where you could play records. Joan liked 'Corgi [sic] & Bess' but next time we found it broken. Our nearest town was Derby for entertainment & Market Drayton was walking distance
In camp some of the girls & RAF would go moonlight bathing in the river.
I played table tennis there.
[page break]
[underlined] 19 [/underlined]
I was there for 6 months While there for a few months I was made an Acting Corporal on temp basis while they awaited a permanent one. I wasn't exactly happy – felt to [sic] conscious. However it was only a few mths. from there I was posted to 16 MU Stafford & Handforth near to Wilmslow Where I trained for the WAAF. It was a very scattered station
We lived in groups of wooden huts – isolated from our place of work
[page break]
[underlined] 20 [/underlined]
This was 1946/47 – the very bad winter where everything froze. We use to fill a pan with ice to heat [inserted] it [/inserted] up for my hot water bottle – which four of us would share the [indecipherable word] warm water to wash in a.m.
Each day a truck called a 15 tonner with seats & cover would collect us for work 800 hrs.
The ablutions were about 200yds up a slope from our huts. They were all frozen & baths
[page break]
[underlined] 21 [/underlined]
As you can imagine desperation for baths etc
Whilst living there Mary & I went to Bell [sic] Vue stadium to watch the Scramble dirt track racing. It was at this camp I had my purse stolen from my bedside locker. It upset me, mainly because the purse was a gift from an Uncle of mine & was suede in the shape of an old style lum hat. I became frindly [sic] with a Cpl there for a short time – He wanted to be serious & said we could make a go of it, but
[page break]
[underlined] 22 [/underlined]
I said no, I'm still very young & finished He was much older than me by about 8yrs. He came from Mersey. I was demobed [sic] from there Oct 1947.
Our Signals Officer – gave me a very nice report.
After WAAF life – I lived at home for a short time while I worked at Romains [sic] & Patersons in Princess St, Edinburgh for some months with their firm in Boston doing the [deleted] Ex [/deleted] Export work.
[page break]
[underlined] 23 [/underlined]
Still trying to find a job as a Teleprinter Operator. Then I found a job as a Dictaphone Opr at Bruce Peebles engineering firm, for a short time & then a job as a Teleprinter Opr MOD 'Redbrae' Prestwick. All these jobs while short term, I quite liked them – I didn't ever feel settled but I made friends, & from there I met Dad in Edinburgh & the rest is history.
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1944/47 WAAF Life and After
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An account of the resource
Margaret Cuthill's account of her time in the WAAF. At the age of 17 she volunteered for the WAAF and was enrolled as a teleprinter operator. She was sent to Wilmslow for training. After four weeks of drill and physical exercise she was posted to Cranwell on a signals course. Work was interesting and there was plenty of social life. After training she was sent to a maintenance unit at Carlisle.
After the war she was posted to Eggington Hall in Derbyshire, then Handforth. She returned to Edinburgh and worked for civilian firms before becoming a teleprinter operator at Prestwick.
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Margaret Cuthill
Date
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2009-10
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28 handwritten pages
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eng
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BCuthillMSFHCuthillMSFHv1
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Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
Jamaica
England--Carlisle
England--Cirencester
England--Derbyshire
England--Handforth
England--Lincolnshire
England--Longtown (Cumbria)
England--Stafford
England--Wilmslow
England--York
Scotland--Edinburgh
Scotland--Prestwick
England--Cheshire
England--Cumberland
England--Gloucestershire
England--Staffordshire
England--Yorkshire
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Angela Gaffney
African heritage
aircrew
entertainment
ground personnel
military living conditions
navigator
Navy, Army and Air Force Institute
Nissen hut
physical training
RAF Cranwell
sanitation
sport
Tiger Moth
training
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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Prestwick [place]
Preastabhaig
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Redgrave, Henry Cecil
H C Redgrave
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187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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2015-10-02
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Redgrave, HC
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FORM 441
[underlined] NO. 1 AIR OBSERVERS NAVIGATION SCHOOL, PRESTWICK. [/underlined]
[underlined] B. 2 COURSE (“THE FLYING CIRCUS”) [/underlined]
[underlined] NAVIGATION LOG [/underlined]
Squadron No. 1. A.O.N.S. Aeroplane No. B. 2 – ABCD.
Date 8th MAY 1940.
Captain K.D. MACKENZIE.
Pilot
Navigator M.L. Redgrave
Route and Orders BASE – QUEENS HOTEL – BASE (With Luck)
[page break]
[underlined] WEATHER FORECAST: - [/underlined]
WEATHER. Set Fair.
WIND. Calm – Extreme Bumpiness later.
CLOUD. Rollo Rodus.
VISIBILITY. Clear – Decreasing to Zero later.
FORECASTED WINDS
STAGE From:-
To:-
Ft.
From T. Speed
From:-
To:-
True Air Speed True Track Distance Height True Course Varn. Mag. Course Ground Speed Time E.T.A. A.T.A.
TOTAL TIME
[underlined] Memoranda [underlined]
[underlined] TOASTS [underlined]
“H.M. THE KING”
“OUR GUESTS”
“B. 2 COURSE”
[page break]
Time Reqd. True Track Distance Run True Course Mag. Course OBSERVATION
0800 Airborne.
0805 W.T. Go. (Wait for it)
Posn. Q. HOT. 1st Course “[underlined] TOMATO SOUP [/underlined]”
(Watch for Liquid Swirl)
0812 Pin Point. “[underlined] SOLE a la ORLAY [/underlined]”
A/c to Maintain Track.
Instructed Engage Enemy. “[underlined] ROAST BEEF [/underlined]”
Attended by “[underlined] ROAST & BOILED POTATOES [/underlined]”
& “[underlined] GREEN PEAS [/underlined]”
0828 Action successfully concluded.
0829 Fix “[underlined] PRUM TART & CUSTARD SAUCE [/underlined]”
and “[underlined] SHERRY TRIFLE [/underlined]”
0835 Course maintained to “[underlined] COFFEE [/underlined]”
0900 Sighted [underlined] B A R [/underlined] Lightship
Landed for Refuelling.
1200 Delayed by Bubble Trouble.
0100 S/c Base – Track Erratic – Visibility Nil.
[underlined] ETA DOUBTFUL. [/underlined]
Signed
Navigator
[page break]
Time Reqd. True Track Distance Run True Course Mag. Course OBSERVATION
[underlined] AUTOGRAPHS. [/underlined]
A Tully R. Simpson
J.C. Thomas
K.T. Mackenzie.
DC Gardner.
S Martin
M Morgan
[signature]
P.G. Anstey.
J.O. Wild. W.D. Penford [signature] [signature]
RB Thomas Denis A. Monk [signature]
JS. Symonds
AS Jenner
E.H. Alderton
LEW Webb
JA Brockbank.
(How about some Jellied Eels).[signature] GD Jilburn.,
A. Bleakly [signature] G. Bocking
RC Tuckem.
[signature] [signature] JR Quick
[signature] Wm. Wood
D Staples. ML Redgrave
P Moody [signature]
J Williamson
H O Brian Ian R Beedie
JW Proctor.
[signature]
R.A. Gibson
HR.George
Signed
Navigator
Wt 18417/4423 500M 7/38 D.P.W. T.2044
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Navigation Log
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A Form 441 Navigation Log used as for an evening out at the Queen's Hotel, Prestwick concluding a B.2 course. It includes a menu and 43 signatures of the participants.
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1940-05-08
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One printed form with typewritten and handwritten annotations
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eng
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ORedgraveHC743047-151002-020001,
ORedgraveHC743047-151002-020002,
ORedgraveHC743047-151002-020003,
ORedgraveHC743047-151002-020004
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Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
Scotland--Prestwick
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1940-05-08
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Steve Baldwin
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entertainment
training
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Redgrave, Henry Cecil
H C Redgrave
Description
An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-10-02
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Redgrave, HC
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Redbrae
Monkton
Prestwick
Ayrshire
Wed 24th
My Dear Jessie,
Well now the thaws [sic] set in you will be able to be warm again and I hope it does not bring to light any burst pipes. It was simply amazing here, last night the snow was thick and it was freezing hard and yet this morning almost all the snow had gone. By this evening everything is under water and the streams are full almost to overflowing and the aerodrome is like one huge pond. Flying is out of question [sic] so we have all day tomorrow off but have got to go in all day Sunday. If there is no flying Sunday we shall have to do Plotting all day. The course contains hours and hours of this plotting which consists of laying down the dead reckoning position of an aircraft on a Mercators Chart and the position of the aircraft on this chart can be placed for any time during the flight. I’ll have to send you a copy of our programme for a week and then you will see how busy we are. Actually today I have been writing down notes all day on Wireless and Recco. Dead Reckoning Theory and Maps and Charts.
[page break]
We write pages and pages of dictated notes and then take them home to study them during the evening. Also we have Maths to do in our spare time and I do not know how I’ve kept going this last few days I have felt so queer. I have lost my voice completely through coughing but have bought a bottle of Famels Syrup. [sic] which has cured the bark and I think the throat will soon improve now. I do hope you and Pamela have managed to keep well although in this trying weather it must be very difficult. Tomorrow we are going to have some haggis in celebration of Robert Burns the great Scottish poet. To tell you the truth I am not particularly looking forward to it. You know I never did like strange mixtures. But still by this time tomorrow I shall know the worst. It was nice to hear Tom was home last week end but think that providing I am able to pass this course which in all lasts six months it might be that long before I am home. Then it will be another honeymoon without a doubt. It seems as if Frank may be lucky dodging the army. How is Milly getting along. I am not waiting for sox [sic] but you can send them with the scarf. On Sundays when not flying we have church parade at 9 A.M. so theres [sic] no rest. Well darling I must get on with some homework so with all my love I say
Cheerio and Goodnight my Sweet
Harry. xxxxx
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A letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie from his RAF station in Scotland. He writes about the poor weather and its effect on the station and flying, an impending Burns' Night supper and his homework.
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Harry Redgrave
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An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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Redbrae
Monkton
Ayrshire
Friday May 31st
Dear Jessie,
Thanks for your long letter of yesterday and I suppose that will be the last for about a week until you get my new address.
I hope this finds you and Pamela well and that Mums [sic] bronchitis has left her by now. The news of baby Robert was better this time and I shall be happy to hear that the lad is picking up and taking an interest in life. You will be very quiet at the bungalow next week with Joyce and Pat at Hamble, Gwen evacuated, and Mil in Rochford.
Have you heard any more about evacuation in Southend as the capitulation of the Belgian Army worsens the situation and although its serious dont [sic] worry darling and keep your chin up. Im [sic] very glad that Agnes decided to send Gwennie away because it lessens your responsibilities and in an emergency will give you all more chance. Our difficulty in regard to a voluntary move is that we have spent all our money and if you were to go we should be saddled with mortgage repayments for the bungalow or lose everything we have worked for. Of course if there was a compulsory Government scheme I think we should be able [sic] leave our furniture and let the Abbey Road take a run
[page break]
2
and they could do nothing about it. Rates as well could go to blazes whereas if we left the bungalow furnished we should still be liable for them and until I am earning Sergeants [sic] pay I cant [sic] afford to keep them going and support you in digs somewhere else. I feel you can rely on a scheme coming along if there arises a real necessity for you to move.
I had a reply from the A.R. and it was only about more money when I am promoted and they are quite ready to wait until that comes along.
You are certainly seeing more of the war than we are at present and your description of Southend at present seems quite warlike. I wish I could get home for a day or two to see it all and just stroll around the bungalow and see Mum and Pam and the different folks we know but maybe I shall be able to after B & G.
Thanks for your snap and that Vickers book and you can bet I shall do my best to be a crack shot
Sunday Dinner Time
Well darling your letter and our meeting at Waterloo have upset all I have written so far but I am going to carry on as it may be of some interest.
Since arriving here we have been running around from one block to another in terrific heat and feeling very uncomfortable. We have signed forms galore and suffered from all the red tape imaginable. We were not allowed to go
[page break]
3
out of the camp last night and today have been told that Weymouth and Dorchester have been put out of bounds. That only leaves a small village for us to go out to so I shant [sic] have much chance to get around.
All this morning we have running around [sic] and this afternoon have got to go down to the range. Maybe we shall get some time off this evening when I will try and write you some more.
There is no living accommodation near hear [sic] and as Weymouth and Dorchester are out of bounds I cant [sic] see at the moment much chance of you getting down here but when I can get out and look around I will see what can be done.
My new address.
deleted] name [/deleted] 743047 REDGRAVE HC. L.A.C.
HUT D1
R.A.F. STATION
WARMWELL
NR. DORCHESTER
What a pity we did not have longer yesterday although we were luckier than a lot of the boys it seemed just a passing dream. Still keep smiling love. We must straighten out things when you let me know how you are faring. Give my [sic] to all at Teddington and write soon to your
Loving husband Harry xxxx
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A letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. He discusses home matters and hopes for more pay when he becomes a Sergeant. The letter is written during his move from Scotland to RAF Warmwell.
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Harry Redgrave
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1940-05-31
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H C Redgrave
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An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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Redbrae
Monkton
Ayrshire
Mon May 27th
Dear Jessie,
Still waiting for some news from home but hope to find a letter waiting at Redbrae. I suppose you were very tired when you got home and I can imagine you almost falling asleep over the few lines you managed Tuesday night.
Saturday was a rather dull day and a shortage of cash curbed my activities beyond a couple of trips to Ayr. Paddy Tonker and myself went in during the morning to find a suitable gift for Miss Anderson and a little something for the girls. As they have all been so good to us during [deleted] a [/deleted] our stay here we have decided to give generously and are each going to subscribe one pound each and
[page break]
2
Mitch is going to send on ten shillings. You imagine our difficulty trying [sic] find anything suitable for one so well provided for as Miss A. and decided on a cigarette box. It came a shock to me the price of decent boxes and after seeing several silver ones were shown an onyx cigarette box that immediately interested us. The price was a bit stiff £3-17-6 but it was something in keeping with [inserted] the [/inserted] quality of the Redbrae furnishings. It is a simple polished white onyx box rectangular in shape with a green inlaid border on the lid hinged with a gold piano type hinge and capable of holding about fifty cigs. We intend to get the girls an R.A.F. brooch each or a crested compact.
Saturday evening Stan and I went to Greens Playhouse and saw “Traitor Spy”
[page break]
3
and “Sky Patrol”. Traitor Spy was quite a good effort for an English film and Sky Patrol starring Tailspin Tommy was an exciting air picture.
Do you remember the boys telling us about the motor lawn mower and their efforts to start it, well your brilliant husband got on the job yesterday and we had it running in under an hour. The result of that was to get the tennis court mowed and the nets up and from about seven to nine last evening your husband was learning to play tennis. The game is much more difficult than it looks but I made good progress and I think in time [inserted] and [/inserted] with plenty of practice could play a fair game. All this Sunday activity and after swinging that mowing machine during the afternoon I felt stiff and fagged out
[page break]
4
so after supper went up and had a bath and so to bed. This morning I am wincing at every movement and ache from head to foot. Every muscle in my body is stiff and I must try and get a game with Donald today to loosen up.
I heard on the news last night that they are going to evacuate schoolchildren from your area and I was wondering if the scheme included young children and mothers as did the London scheme. If you get the opportunity to go I certainly would advise you to do so. Gwen can go for certain and I think her mother should send her. When you have seen the damage done to houses and people on the news lately I dont [sic] think anybody should keep their children home now they have an opportunity to go. If adults are obliged to stay they will be able to better look after themselves with out [sic] young children to have
[page break]
5
to shepherd around. If the government evacuation plan does not include younger children and mothers you had better write to the folks at Teddington and ask them if things get too warm could they accommodate you for a while until I settle somewhere. Its [sic] not worth keeping on at the bungalow if there is any possibility of you coming to harm.
Since starting to write this I have had your newsy letter and the two Standards. Congratulate Milly on her having a baby boy and I hope they both progress as well as you and Pam did, Franks [sic] like a dog with two tails I bet. Its [sic] unfortunate that he cant [sic] get a leave to be with Mil when she comes out but no doubt he will be able to when things are a little quieter.
Paddy has just gone across to try find our travelling programme for Saturday and I hope to include some times and directions for you to bring Pam up to London
[page break]
6
to see me.
Well dear Paddy has just come back from the office and I am afraid there is not much opportunity for you to see me as we are leaving Prestwick Friday night on the 9.12 and should be at Euston by 7.05 A.M. We are due to leave Waterloo at 8.30 A.M. and the journey and packing in and out of the stations has got to be done in under an hour and a half. I should have loved to have seen Pamela but for the few minutes it hardly seems worthwhile and it would mean you catching an early train up to London before the Southend buss’s [sic] start.
Tell Mum I am sorry she has bronchitis and hope she will soon recover. Give my love to all at Redwood and let the memories of our holiday and all our happy days keep you going till we meet again.
Always your loving
Harry xxxxx
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A letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie when he was undergoing RAF aircrew training in Scotland. He writes of his shortage of cash that affects his trips and present buying. The possible evacuation of schoolchildren in Southend is mentioned. He also makes arrangements to meet her in London on his way to his next posting.
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Harry Redgrave
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1940-05-27
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H C Redgrave
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An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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2015-10-02
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Redbrae
Monkton
Ayrshire
Fri. 24 May
Dear Jessie,
Was glad your journey went according to schedule and you managed the 8.4. I understand just how tired you must have felt and how glad you must have been to see Pam again. The weather seems to have broken up now and its [sic] raining hard now and we have nothing to do but sit around and while the day away reading and talking. I have finished my flying time here Tuesdays [sic] flight making my total 67.50 hours.
Details of our postings have been given us today and the course is being split up to go Isle of Man, Ireland, and Weymouth. All of us “Redbrae” boys are going to Weymouth and all feel very satisfied with our station. Being so near home its [sic] not too much to hope that you may be able to come down there at some time during my stay there, or perhaps I shall
[page break]
get home one week-end. Its [sic] going to be a long journey down from Scotland and I am afraid it will be direct and that I shall not be able to break my journey to come home [deleted] fro [/deleted] for a night. But still I am lucky to be going to Warmwell which I understand is a good school.
The news from France continues to be grave and I have heard that the training wings at Bexhill and Hastings have been closed down. From the news [sic] it appears you had some excitement as soon as you reached home. I don’t think you have anything to worry about for a while as the Germans have got to get all the Channel Ports and consolidate their French lines before any large scale attacks could be launched against us. For all that things look pretty grim and you should look to your household A.R.P. and dont [sic] forget if anything happens keep calm.
It has just struck me that if Joyce is going to be near Hamble that wont [sic] be far from Warmwell and if I have her address I may be able to get over to see her one day so as soon as you know where she is going let me know. You say Milly has gone to Rochford. I hope that there is nothing wrong. Tell me all you can about
[page break]
Frank when you have a chance. What is Tom doing at Hamble? You must be very quiet at the bungalow now with Mil and Joyce gone and perhaps you will all be able to have a rest. Tell Mum I hope her cold is getting better.
Well my darling thats [sic] all I can find to tell you tonight except that I love you and you dont [sic] need to be told that do you darling. Goodnight my sweet remember our happy days together all the others to come with
Your loving husband
Harry. xxxxx
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A letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie from his RAF station in Scotland. He writes about his life in the RAF and his worries about the war.
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Harry Redgrave
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1940-05-24
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Royal Air Force
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An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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2015-10-02
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[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Mrs H. C. Redgrave
“Redwood”
Oaken Grange Drive
Prittlewell
Essex
[page break]
[Reverse of envelope]
[page break]
Redbrae
Monkton
22.5.40
Dear Jessie,
By the time you read this I suppose I shall have heard how you got on going home but at the time of writing I hope you found it as comfortable as can be expected. Did the Frenchman sit in the corridor all night? After leaving you I [deleted] sprinde [/deleted] sprinted round to St. Enock [sic] and managed to catch my train and was here in Redbrae by eleven very tired and rather miserable.
I have been very busy since you went, flying morning and afternoon on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday afternoon I was on a special job carrying rifles from Turnhouse near Edinburgh to Carlisle. The job was made rather difficult by having to reach Turnhouse by 1435 and after all the calculations being made the pilot read his course wrong and eventually landed at 1434. While there I learnt that an air raid exersise [sic] started at 1435 and soldiers and airmen [deleted] wh [/deleted] were running round with rifles
[page break]
and others were going into the shelters. Later we arrived with our cargo at Carlisle and got back to base about quarter past five. It was six oclock [sic] before I got home to tea and I was so tired I fell asleep immediately after tea until supper time.
Today I did a supposed operational reco [sic] flight and after making our objective we were to be attacked by anti aircraft fire and climb to 7000ft. I made the objective all right and we glided in with engines throttled back and started the reco and suddenly the pilot gave a shout and said “I am going to climb to 7000 and at 100 indicated air speed on the new course and at 7000 flatten out and fly on a new air speed.” At 7000’ he decided on 140 I.A.S. and by then we were over a great bank of strato-cumulus and by good navigation and furious calculations made [deleted] out [/deleted] our second objective and so back to base. It doesnt [sic] sound much when written down but it requires a hell of a lot of work as the higher you climb [deleted] the [/deleted] with the Air Speed Indicator on say 100mph the faster your speed though it doesnt [sic] show it. But still I did it well and was praised by the pilot when we landed.
[page break]
3
You [deleted] remb [/deleted] remember G-AFZP the biggest Fokker well she crashed yesterday when taking off and although she had a crew of 40 aboard nobody was seriously hurt. Just a few bruised legs and some badly bumped heads. It appears she was about 50 feet off the ground when her engines cut and the pilot brought her down just behind the big church on the main road and she crashed across the burn and between the trees. She looks a mess now, wings broken off, undercarriage ripped away and her engines laying [sic] about nearby. Fortunately the fuselage lies straddled across the stream unhurt. Those boys had a narrow escape and I am glad my time in Fokkers is finished.
We are on guard again next Sunday night and everybody has to work all day Saturday now so it looks as if poor Dick will not be home much. Tuesday night he was on guard all night and things [inserted] are [/inserted] really beginning to move this last day or two. I think they realising there is a war on. From the newspapers it seems you arrived home in time for things to start humming in the
[page break]
estuary. I hope you found all well at home and that Pam had been good. I bet she was glad to see you again. Give her a big kiss from Daddy I meant to ask you to on the station but I felt it would only have upset us and its [sic] so much easier to write these things on your own when you can swallow hard and carry on. Its [sic] lovely and quiet here at Redbrae, all the boys are out and I keep thinking of the happy times weve [sic] had this last two weeks and in fact ever since [inserted] that [/inserted] lucky day we met. Come what may, if we are spared to be together again I shall be satisfied because I am so completely happy when you are with me. Keep your chin up darling and we must look forward to [inserted] our [/inserted] next leave.
Give my love to all and you know you have my everlasting adoration and I will always be
Your loving husband
Harry xxxxx
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To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
Description
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A letter and envelope from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. Harry writes about life at Redbrae including his flying training, flying rifles to Edinburgh, a Fokker plane crashing with no serious injuries and an air raid exercise.
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Harry Redgrave
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1940-05-22
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Four handwritten sheets and an envelope
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eng
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ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400522-0001,
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ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400522-0004,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400522-0005,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400522-0006
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
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Great Britain
England--Carlisle
Scotland--Edinburgh
Scotland--Prestwick
England--Cumberland
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Redgrave, Henry Cecil
H C Redgrave
Description
An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-10-02
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Redbrae
Monkton
Ayrshire
4.5.40.
Dear Jessie,
Your prompt reply has arrived in nice time to make the necessary arrangements for your stay here and in this letter I want to give you as much information as possible so read it carefully.
Since I last wrote to you we have been told that we shall [inserted] have [/inserted] Saturday the 11th of May off for our next week end [sic]. Now I want to know if you can stay in Prestwick from [smudged] Friday [/smudged] 11th until Monday morning on the 20th. which means you will leave home about 5 P.M on Thursday and be back home again on the night of the Monday week following. I have applied for living out permission and shall draw allowances for that time which will help out the cash side. As you cannot draw your allowance in advance you had better get [inserted] it [/inserted] from your P.O. account to leave Mum enough to carry on and to enable you to bring some with you.
[smudged] Dick [/smudged] is going over to see the W.O. today to get a travel warrant for Johnny and I think she
[page break]
she [sic] will be coming up with you. That is not definite and you must get in touch with her before Thursday to make sure.
Heres [sic] the main items concerning the journey but you must check them up for yourself in case there have been any alterations in the service. Leave Southend by the 7.1. from the L.M.S which reaches Fenchurch St about 8.30 P.M. If that train is not running now you must catch one that gets to London by then. Your best plan is to get go from Fenchurch to Mark Lane and by Underground to Charing X and change there onto a Northbound train to Euston. You can get a through ticket from Mark Lane to Euston. You will have to hurry as that will not leave you much time but it can be done. On getting out the tube at Euston leave by the exit marked Main Line L.M.S. and that will take [inserted] you [/inserted] onto the station. Once on the station you must get hold of a porter or some official who will direct you to your train. I think there are three trains that go to Scotland each night one a sleeper which is no use to you another a troop train which you want to avoid and another which gets to Carlisle about 20 minutes after the sleeper. Thats [sic] the one you
[page break]
want. You will have to change at Carlisle about 4 A.M. and catch the next train to Kilmarnock and Prestwick.
Alternatively there is a train from St Pancras at 9.30 P.M which reaches Carlisle at [deleted] 3 [/deleted] 6.30 AM and a connection for Prestwick leaves at 6.40. arriving here about 9.20 A.M. Enquiries at Southend must decide your choice and your ticket will take you from either of the London termini. When you get here come out of the station and down the slope onto the road and continue on that same pavement past the Post Office [deleted] to where [/deleted] and turn to the left down the road opposite the “Red Lion” and the first turning down there on the right is Burnside Gardens.
You want No.10 which is up on the right hand side. Got the address 10 Burnside Gardens.
Enclosed is your warrant [smudged] which [/smudged] you present when you buy your through ticket at Southend the fare will be about £3. The £4.10 here will enable you to pay the Abbey Road this month. That includes your usual allowance but bring as much back as you can.
[page break]
I think that covers everything except that I am longing to see you again and hope you will enjoy your visit to Scotland. Thank Mum and Milly for arranging to mind Pamela and I will make it up to them at the first opportunity. Tell Pamela Daddy expects her to be a good girl to her Nan and leave Mum a shilling to buy Pam some sweets while you are away.
The stage is all set for our exams Mon Tues & Wed and all I can do now is my best so cheerio until Thursday. Give my love to all
Harry xxxx
P.S. As I shall be Anson flying next [deleted] Thursday [/deleted] [inserted] FRIDAY [/inserted] I shall not see you until teatime so if you can get some tea ready or we can have it out I will get round by 5.15.
H.C.R.
[inserted] [shopping list] [/inserted]
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To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
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An account of the resource
A letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. Harry writes from Redbrae and gives detailed instructions for Jessie’s train journey to visit him in Scotland.
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Harry Redgrave
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1940-05-04
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Four handwritten sheets
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eng
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ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400504-0001,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400504-0002,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400504-0003,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400504-0004
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
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Great Britain
Scotland--Prestwick
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1940-05
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Anson
training
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Redgrave, Henry Cecil
H C Redgrave
Description
An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-10-02
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Redgrave, HC
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[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Mrs. H. C. Redgrave
“Redwood”
Oaken Grange Drive
Prittlewell
Southend on Sea
Essex
[page break]
[Reverse of envelope]
[page break]
“Redbrae”
Monkton
Ayrshire
28.4.40
My dear Jessie,
I have just opened your last letter to read again and find that your hopes of “keeping it up” in Norway have been rather dashed, but still its [sic] early to see the ultimate effects of this weeks [sic] set backs [sic], and we must be prepared to have a hard fight before we can defeat the enemy.
Our moving into huts has been put off indefinitely and I should be surprised if we see the inside of them in Prestwick. Unfortunately there will be plenty of time for them at the next station but that will be only for six weeks. That means in about eleven weeks I should get my stripes if all goes to according to plan. You wont [sic] know your husband then will you. The old Mr Anderson of Redbrae died last night but as he had been unwell since last November and was eighty four it has not been the terrible shock for them as it might. We very seldom see any of the family so it wont [sic] effect our position very
[page break]
much.
These new [smudged] budget [/smudged] taxes are the limit and increase on tobacco and postage is going to strain my pocket a bit but as you will find it difficult to write so often I am enclosing six penny stamps for you to pay the extra with. I will do this from time to time as your letters mean so much to me and I would rather go without anything than that pleasure. Must’ve it [sic] be hard for all the couples like Milly and Frank who are not getting enough to pay that extra. Poor Frank must find it job [sic] to [deleted] mang [/deleted] manage his five shillings a week and after all cigarettes and letters are the only pleasures service men can demand. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has done the rank and file of the forces a great injustice and I am surprised there has not been more agitation to right these wrongs. As for us we must be thankful that we are getting what we are.
Whilst on the subject of money I had a nasty shock on Friday when posted up on D.R.O.’s was the details of an Air Ministry Order stating all airmen were to be paid one week in
[page break]
3
arrears and that next Thursday we shall only get one weeks [sic] pay instead of two. If you have not yet paid Tickett that pound I sent you had better hang onto it as the £1.19 less next week makes a nasty hole in the money I had saved for your week end [sic] in Scotland. I dont [sic] suppose its [sic] much use asking you if you have saved any as with everything going up you must find it difficult to make ends meet.
I had a good days Anson flying on Thursday and the pilot gave me 90% and reported me above average. We did not go anywhere particular just trotting round the islands and they looked beautiful. In the morning we flew down the coast to Lock [sic] Ryan and right round the edge of it passing Stranraer. [deleted] and [/deleted] In the sun the rocky cliffs with numerous caves and crevasses and with seagulls snow white against the sombre sea looked indescribably lovely, the low lying cloud would suddenly drop and all would be lost in view till a break and sunshine would reveal new beauties of this craggy coast.
[page break]
In the afternoon we had to land at Port Ellen, a landing ground on Islay because the cloud was right down to sea level in places and on the land all the hilltops were covered and as some of these islands are as high as 3000’ feet it pays to be careful. My navigation throughout the day was all it should have been and the good report from my pilot completed a good days [sic] work. In the evening a party of forty of us from B course to see England beat Scotland at ice hockey at the Ayr Ice Rink. It was exciting, thrills from start to finish and at the end of the first period England was down three goals which they equalised in the second period and during the last managed to score the deciding goal of the game.
Last night I saw Anna Neagle in “Nurse Cavell” and must now prepare for a weeks [sic] swotting for my finals next Monday.
Give my love to Mum and the girls and Pam.
Your ever loving husband
Harry xxxxx
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To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
Description
An account of the resource
A letter and envelope from Harry Redgrave to Jessie. Harry writes about his training at Redbrae including flying Ansons, an ice hockey game in Ayr and worrying about their lack of money.
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Harry Redgrave
Date
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1940-04-28
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Four handwritten sheets and an envelope
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eng
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ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400428-0001,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400428-0002,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400428-0003,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400428-0004,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400428-0005,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400428-0006
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
Scotland--Prestwick
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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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1940-04
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Anson
entertainment
navigator
sport
training
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Redgrave, Henry Cecil
H C Redgrave
Description
An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-10-02
Rights
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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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Redgrave, HC
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Transcription
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[postage stamp]
[postmark]
Mrs H.C. Redgrave,
“Redwood”,
Oaken Grange Drive,
Prittlewell,
Southend on Sea
Essex
[page break]
Redbrae
Monkton
Ayrshire
Wed. 26.4.40.
Dear Jessie,
Thanks for all my letters today and tell Gwen and Pam I will try and find a page or two for them over the week end.
You will be pleased to hear that as a result of representations to the C.G.I. our going into huts has been postponed until after the finals. There is a possibility that we shall not have the blasted huts at all now as it would only be for three weeks and there are several other courses who could move in without the prospect of an early change.
Our course has finished now and we spend all our time when not flying in revision and the whole atmosphere of the classrooms has changed. Before everyone was quiet and attentive but now fun and games predominates. Pieces of chalk and paper fly around [smudged] the [/smudged] rooms and in between breaks the blackboards become covered with drawings and gags. Yesterday afternoon
[page break]
during break the Met instructor the one I told you was like Claud Dampier came in the classroom and placed his case on the table, and one of the chaps replaces it with one of the pupils [sic] cases who was named Wild. The fact that Wild was one of the funny men of the squad makes the story more amusing because printed on his case [deleted] w [/deleted] in red chalk was “Nurse Wild Certified Midwife. If you want the best Babies we have them”. When the instructor came in to take the class this case greeted him on sitting down and he promptly asked if Nurse Wild was here. You can imagine the fellows [deleted] discomfure [/deleted] discomforture [sic] on being handed his [smudged] neatly [/smudged] printed case. As the case is fabric covered it wont [sic] come off and he arrived this morning with it still boldly showing to all the world.
Another amusing incident was when calibrating an Air Speed Indicator which is done by pumping up a column of mercury the chap gave the instrument a terrific pump with the bicycle pump and shot the mercury right out the top of the tube all over the floor and you
[page break]
what a terrible job it is to try and pick it up again.
You sound from your letter as if there is some doubt about you getting up here and as time is getting rather short I want [deleted] to [/deleted] you to let me know which of the week ends [sic] ending May 18 and 25 you can manage best taking into consideration how you feel about these times. Our finals are on May 5th-6th-7th and Whit Monday is on the 13th and our course dinner on the 17th so it looks as if the 25th will suit me best. I will study the cash side and see how long you can stay for and you must tell me the maximum time up to a week you can leave Pamela. Of course all that is dependent on my passing. We are due to leave here on June 1st.
Thats [sic] all for now dear and I must get down to my work. Give my love to all
Your loving husband
Harry xxxxx
[page break]
Reverse of envelope
consciensious [sic]
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To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
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A letter and envelope from Harry Redgrave to Jessie. Harry writes about life at Redbrae including that his course has finished and he is spending a lot of time flying. He recalls funny stories from the classroom and is organising Jessie’s trip.
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Harry Redgrave
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1940-04-26
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Three handwritten sheets and an envelope
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Royal Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Redgrave, Henry Cecil
H C Redgrave
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An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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2015-10-02
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[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Mrs H.C. Redgrave
“Redwood”
Open Grange Drive
Prittlewell
Essex
[page break]
“Redbrae”
Monkton
Ayrshire
Monday 22.4.40
My dearest Jessie,
I have read in the paper of your air-raid experiences over the week end and hope that all at Redwood were not over disturbed. From reports either you at Southend or Sheerness had a lot of falling shrapnel so be very careful darling and do not be tempted to go out in the garden to “look at the fun.” You never know where the pieces of bullet or shell may drop so let caution overrule your curiosity.
I have had my annual medical exam and been passed fit for flying though I had a bit of trouble standing on one leg and had to have a second try at it. Our course has had some bad news today being told that we are going into huts next week end. [sic] It will come hard after our comfortable billets and the thought of eating that awful aero-drome food three times a day makes me feel thin already but I suppose I shall survive and even be fit enough to make love to you during your visit to Prestwick. Apparently these huts will be only partially complete and there will be no canteen or hot
[page break]
water and facilities for studying will be just non ext. [?] All this just one week before our finals is very disquieting and is bound to have an effect on our results for we had settled down to a fortnight of hard work getting the finer parts of the course worked out.
Hope your drenching hasn't given you a cold or made you susceptible to G.M. dear. Did you give yourself a good rub down when you got in? It was nice to hear Joyce continues to improve and by the time you get this she will have her Pat with her again. Tell Mum I hope she is keeping her chin up in these trying times and that she and Gwen are keeping well. It made my mouth water telling me about Pam and the greens as we still live on beans and swedes for veg. I begin to wonder whether they grow anything in that line at all in Scotland.
I am enclosing £1 to pay to Mr Tickett next time you are in Southend and tell him that as soon as I get my promotion I will square him up.
Its [sic] time to get on with my work so goodnight my sweet
Your loving husband
Harry.
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To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
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An account of the resource
A letter and envelope from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. Harry writes about life at Redbrae including his medical exam and moving accommodation. He refers to the bombing in Southend and Sheerness and warns Jessie about the danger from shrapnel.
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Harry Redgrave
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1940-04-22
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Two handwritten sheets and an envelope
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eng
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
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Great Britain
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Scotland--Prestwick
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Redgrave, Henry Cecil
H C Redgrave
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An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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2015-10-02
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Redbrae
Monkton
Ayrshire
Fri 19.4.40
Dear Jessie,
I am so glad to hear that nobody else has caught Joyces [sic] Nazi Measles and I think from your letter of Thursday that you enjoyed playing mother to Baby Pat. She is a good baby though and the thought of a little boy as good is not at all [smudged] disturbing. [/smudged] But still we must get the war finished first and then we can think of luxuries.
Yesterday was pay day and I was going to write and send on your allowance but heard we should have our [smudged] exam [/smudged] figures today so here goes.
Total percentage 83% an increase of 3%
This total is made up of
[subjects and marks]
Plotting (DR)
Meteorology
W.T.
Photos & Reco [sic]
Maps and Charts
Magnetism
Instruments
[page break]
Not bad eh. Much more than I expected and even more than your forecast. Ive [sic] only got to do as well in the finals and everything will be O.K.
Whats [sic] your crazy paving like I bet you did not find it difficult to make it crazy.
Tell Joyce I am glad she is feeling better and I know she must miss Patricia and I hope baby continues to be good with you and Mum. Is Gwen upset because she cannot go to school? Pamela wont [sic] mind will she. Its [sic] no good me saying anything [inserted] about [/inserted] Joyce's complaint because all I should have to do is go over to the M.O. every morning and as for being contagious well everybody must take a chance.
Our finals have been postponed until May 5 [underlined] th [/underlined] and theres [sic] a chance we may get a leave Whitsun. Perhaps you will be able to come to Prestwick then so we must hope for the best.
Our chief instructor went over our exam papers with us individually today and the only comment he made was, “Having done quite well in the twelve weeks I don’t think you have anything to worry about .” Sounds quite good doesnt [sic] it. [sic]
[page break]
3
As this is Friday night and you cannot get this until Monday I will get your P.O. tomorrow and Post this. I have just come in from an hour and a half on the golf course and we have had some good fun and some badly needed [deleted] exersize [/deleted] exercise.
Do you remember Grandy who you met at tea in Bexhill he was the oldest of the group well he has passed his finals at St Athans and so has Mountstephen who if you remember came round in his car one Sunday morning when I was home on pass one week-end last November. They have gone to Evanton in Rossshire [sic] which is in the controlled area [deleted] M [/deleted] North of the Caledonian Canal for the armament course. I had a letter from him on Monday which had been opened by a censor and which contained hardly any news at all and did not say even what he was doing there but explained that owing to the strict censorship there was very little he could write. I was thinking that if I get sent there we shall not be able to put much in our letters to each other if they are all going
[page break]
to be opened.
We have just had Lord Haw Haw on and with all these conflicting views on the conditions in Norway its [sic] hard to see how things are going. Of one thing I am certain and that is that the war has developed into the phase that we had hoped to avoid and that from now it will be a fight to a finish with no hope of a peace until one side is beaten. It is now a matter of time before the whole business of bombing towns and inland objectives will begin although as long as Holland and Belgium are free I think you at Southend will be as safe as anywhere. Darling I hope and pray that all remains well with our little family and that peace will see us all happily together again. Give my love to all
From your loving husband
Harry. xxxxx
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To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
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An account of the resource
A letter from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. Harry relates his most recent examination results, which indicate he should pass his final ones. He mentions receiving heavily censored letters from a friend posted to a controlled area of Scotland and discusses the progress of the war.
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Harry Redgrave
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1940-04-19
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Four handwritten sheets
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eng
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ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400419-0004
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
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Redgrave, Henry Cecil
H C Redgrave
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An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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2015-10-02
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[postage stamp]
[postmark]
Mrs H.C. Redgrave
“Redwood”
Oaken Grange Drive
Prittlewell
Essex
[page break]
Redbrae
Monkton
Ayrshire
16.4.40
My dearest Jessie,
As you can see I arrived back safely after an awful journey from London. To start with I got out of the Southend train at Barking hoping to have time at Euston for a cup of tea and as it was I had to wait for a Tube train and was no better off. I arrived at Euston about five minutes to nine and found two trains to Scotland leaving at 9.15. One was a sleeper so I settled in the other on which there was plenty of room and looked forward to a good nights [sic] sleep. I then began to look around for some of the chaps going back and could not see any of them. That made think something was wrong and I wondered if I was at the wrong station so going down the [smudged] platform [/smudged] I stopped a porter and he told me this train got in much too late and that a fast troop train was leaving from platform 12. After hurrying round to no.12. I found that at least it was the right train but it was crowded
[page break]
with soldiers and eventually I found a seat next to a civilian but in carriage full of the most uncouth lot of men of several Scottish Regiments who were singing and swearing about something terrific. Fortunately they quietened down pretty soon and I got talking with this civvie [civilian] chap who turned out to be a Canadian who had come from Vancouver B.C. via New York and Liverpool on his way to Glasgow. We found a great deal to talk about but the thing I recall the easiest was his dissapointment [sic] with London girls. He said that English girls were not to be compared with Canadian and American women. I told him that although I had not met any young ladies from the other side of the Atlantic I knew one young woman that had them all beaten.
How is Joyce getting on? I hope she is improving and that nobody else catches it.
I've got a Maps and Charts Paper to do now so I will write you more on Thursday.
All my love darling
Harry xxxx
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To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
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A letter and envelope from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. Harry writes from Redbrae and tells the story of his journey back from leave, including talking on the train to a Canadian civilian.
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Harry Redgrave
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1940-04-16
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Two handwritten sheets and an envelope
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eng
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ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400416-0001,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400416-0002,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400416-0003
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
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Great Britain
Scotland--Prestwick
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Redgrave, Henry Cecil
H C Redgrave
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An account of the resource
187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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2015-10-02
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[postmark]
[postage stamp]
Mrs. H.C. Redgrave
“Redwood”
Oaken Grange Drive
Prittlewell
Essex
[page break]
Redbrae
Monkton
Ayrshire
9.4.40
Dear Jessie,
Excuse my ragged writing but I puffed out [sic] just having had a rough and tumble with Paddy. We are taking things easy this week and Donald and I have just come in from two hours golf or as far as I am concerned [underlined] trying [/underlined] to play golf.
Last night we all went to Ayr to see Wembley Lions play Ayr Raiders at ice hockey and O boy wasnt [sic] it thrilling. All the R.A.F boys went along to shout for the Lions and I think it was the first time the local supporters have had any vocal opposition in the audience.
Now down to some real news. Instead of a short week end leave on the 20 [underlined] th [/underlined] we have got from Friday evening until Tuesday morning this next week end [sic] and as I think I
[page break]
can get another warrant I hope to be home Saturday morning.
As for your visit to Prestwick the fact that I shall probably get a warrant wont [sic] affect the financial situation and you will be able to come here some time after my finals. That will be much better because we shall see each other twice now and the weather should be finer in May than April so dont [sic] be too dissappointed [sic] about your holiday of the 20 [underlined] th [/underlined]
Up to now I have got 84% for D.R. Plotting 76% for Met. 83% for Photo’s & Reco. If I can keep that up in the other subjects I shall maintain my usual standard.
We are all discussing the latest war situation and wondering how long it will be before we go [sic] Norway. But still Saturday comes long before that
Goodnight my love
Harry xxxxx
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To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
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An account of the resource
A letter and envelope from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. Harry writes about life at Redbrae including playing golf, going to a local ice hockey match and his examination results.
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Harry Redgrave
Date
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1940-04-09
Format
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Two handwritten sheets and an envelope
Language
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eng
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Text
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Identifier
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ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400409-0001,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400409-0002,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400409-0003
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
Scotland--Prestwick
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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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1940-04
aircrew
entertainment
navigator
sport
training
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Title
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Redgrave, Henry Cecil
H C Redgrave
Description
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187 items. The collection concerns Henry Cecil Redgrave (743047, Royal Air Force) and contains his decorations, letters and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 207 Squadron from RAF Waddington. He was killed 13/14 March 1941. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Pam Isaac and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Henry Cecil Redgrave is available via the </span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/119457/">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span>
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-10-02
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Redgrave, HC
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Mrs. H. C. Redgrave [inserted] 73 [/inserted]
Redwood
Oaken Grange Drive
Prittlewell
Essex
[postage stamp]
[page break]
House owes me 22
[deleted] I owe Milly 2 [/deleted]
[deleted] House owes Joyce 64 [/deleted]
Butcher 23 ½
[deleted] Laundry 1 [/deleted]
Papers 1-1
Greengrocer 2 0
7 – 6 ½
14 7 ½
[page break]
Redbrae
Monkton
Ayrshire Sat 6. 40
My Darling Jessie,
Your Standard and letter arrived today and your little bouquet of violets. Thank you for your kindly thought; they seemed to bring back visons of our little bungalow and trim lawns with Pamela playing and you looking smart and neat doing the gardening and with me just coming in from work on the Bean and being greeted with a kiss from you and a “Hullo Daddy from Pam. Darling those days were wonderful and the thought of them makes me miserably homesick and just longing for the day when [inserted]we[/inserted] can be together again. But then I did not mean to write in this strain and meant to tell you about todays [sic] exam.
This second course exam has been a stinker and I shall be surprised if I maintain my 80% It was a terrific rush and the ten questions to
[page break]
be done in the three hours were all sub-divided and in all made up about twenty five [sic] answers to be given. You remember me telling you how we applied for postponement of this exam well the instructor concerned had his own back today. His two questions for which we could allocate thirty six [sic] minutes had umpteen things to do in each one and it took me fifty minutes to do them. Anyhow its [sic] all behind me now and it’s a relief to think that we have three weeks and then we do our finals and after that we can begin a better mode of living. Its [sic] not any good for one to stop in night after night working away one even forgets how to enjoy oneself. This evening I went into Ayr to the pictures and afterwards had a cup of coffee but cant [sic] realy [sic] say I enjoyed myself. I do miss you so darling but there I go again thinking of myself. You must find it hard too. We have always lived for each other and I suppose you feel as lost as I do when we go out with anybody else.
As soon as I know the results of this exam and all still well I am going to make
[page break]
arrangements for you come up here. Tentatively I suggest you leave home on Thursday evening getting here Friday morning and meeting me at tea time when I shall be free until Monday morning. I could stay out [inserted]until[/inserted] Monday night and you could leave Prestwick again on Tuesday morning or evening and get home Wednesday. Let me know if you could fix that up with Mum and Milly and as soon as possible I will fix things up this end. All this commencing Thursday 18th April.
Well goodnight my sweetheart I will write you some more tomorrow.
Sunday.
Hullo darling I hope you are getting better weather in the South than we are here. April had been truly showery up to now and this morning it was teeming down until just before Church Parade when the sun came out and it was bright until dinner time but has rained off and on since. After church this morning Ian and I bought a couple of newspapers and walked down onto the front and sat in a shelter from the cool wind and had a read for about an hour. After that we went to the Homestead and had a
[page break]
coffee and biscuit and sat around until dinner time.
While out this morning I noticed several places where we can stay for our week end and I have been planning what we can do. On Friday evening we will walk into Ary [sic] [Ayr]and we go to the pictures and on Saturday morning will go to Glasgow and we can go over Lewis’s and look at all the big shops and we will have our dinner in the restaurant in the store, where they have a lovely orchestra. On Sunday we can ramble over the hills to the Heads of Ayr and down to Alloway and the Brig.O. Doon. If we have time we may get down towards Maybole and south from there its realy [sic] mountainous. It will make a great change for us both and I am sure you will enjoy every minute of your stay in Scotland.
I have just got time for a bath before tea so I must close now. Give my love to all from your
Always loving
Harry. xxxxx
P.S. Tell Pamela Daddy sends his love and hopes she is a good girl.
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Title
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To Jessie from Harry Redgrave
Description
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A letter and envelope from Harry Redgrave to his wife Jessie. He writes about memories of their home-life and admits to being homesick. He has finished some tricky examinations and hopes to have more time in the evenings. Harry plans out Jessie's proposed visit with the idea of shopping in Glasgow and sightseeing.
The back of the envelope has been used for housekeeping calculations.
Creator
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Harry Redgrave
Date
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1940-04-06
Format
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Four handwritten sheets and an envelope
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
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Identifier
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ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400406-0001,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400406-0002,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400406-0003,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400406-0004,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400406-0005,
ERedgraveHCRedgraveJM400406-0006
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
Scotland--Glasgow
Scotland--Prestwick
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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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.
Temporal Coverage
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1940-04
aircrew
love and romance
training