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Mathers, Ronald. Album
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45 page scrapbook of Squadron life and The Goodwill Tour to the United States by 35 Squadron in 1946. It includes photographs, newspaper cuttings, and programmes. The tour visited stations on both the East and West coasts of the United States and the airmen were entertained with visits to Hollywood.
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SMathersRW55201v1
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2017-07-17
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Operation Goodwill
Description
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A map of North America with a route plotted on it. Airfields visited are listed from Gravely and back. It is captioned '"Operation Goodwill" 8th July to 29th Aug 1946.'
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1946
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One printed map with handwritten annotations.
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eng
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Map
Text
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SMathersRW55201v10009
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Azores
Canada
Great Britain
United States
California
Colorado
Massachusetts
Missouri
Texas
Washington (D.C.)
California--Los Angeles
Colorado--Denver
England--Cambridgeshire
Massachusetts--West Springfield
New York (State)
Newfoundland and Labrador
Texas--San Antonio
England--Cornwall (County)
Illinois--Belleville
Illinois
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1946-07
1946-08
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Goodwill tour of the United States (1946)
RAF Graveley
RAF St Mawgan
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Mathers, Ronald. Album
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An account of the resource
45 page scrapbook of Squadron life and The Goodwill Tour to the United States by 35 Squadron in 1946. It includes photographs, newspaper cuttings, and programmes. The tour visited stations on both the East and West coasts of the United States and the airmen were entertained with visits to Hollywood.
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SMathersRW55201v1
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2017-07-17
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Members of Famed British Squadron tour San Antonio
Description
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A sketch map of Texas showing the state disproportionately large, captioned Mayan Guest Ranch, Bandera, Texas. Underneath is text referring to points of interest in San Antonio and missions within the state.
Date
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1946-08-08
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One sketch map and three typewritten sheets on an album page
Language
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eng
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Map
Text
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SMathersRW55201v10035,
SMathersRW55201v10036
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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United States
Texas
Texas--San Antonio
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1946-08-08
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IBCC Digital Archive
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35 Squadron
Goodwill tour of the United States (1946)
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Mathers, Ronald. Album
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An account of the resource
45 page scrapbook of Squadron life and The Goodwill Tour to the United States by 35 Squadron in 1946. It includes photographs, newspaper cuttings, and programmes. The tour visited stations on both the East and West coasts of the United States and the airmen were entertained with visits to Hollywood.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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SMathersRW55201v1
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2017-07-17
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THE BUCKTHORN
CURIO STORE
(BUCKTHORN MUSEUM)
[MAP]
[Page Break]
[Photograph]
Entrance to Le Villita
Bien Venida
To LA VILLITA
(PRONOUNCED VEE-YEE-TAH)
The Little Spanish Town of San Antonio
[Indecipherable Text]
[Photograph]
SPANISH GOVENORS PALACE West side of Military [Indecipherable word]. originally used by Spanish Governors of Texas as office and residence. The restored building contains [indecipherable number] rooms and a loft, with exhibits of old Spanish furniture of the type used in early San [indecipherable words] and the date [indecipherable words]
ALAMO PLAZA
[Indecipherable Text]
[Photograph]
[Photograph]
SEE POTTERY MADE – Warrant Officer Montague Roberts (left) and Dennis Baker (center) watch Martel Espinosa make pottery at San Jose Mission.
[Photograph]
NEW EXPERIENCE – This group of British flyers have a new experience when they visit historic Mission Conception during a tour of San Antonio Tuesday.
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Buckhorn Museum and San Antonio
Description
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Item 1 is a leaflet about The Buckthorn Curio Store (Buckhorn Museum)
Item 2 is a leaflet about La Villita, the little Spanish town of San Antonio.
Item 3 is a photograph of a building, captioned 'Spanish Governor's Palace'.
Item 4 is a street view captioned 'Alamo Plaza'.
Item 5 is a newspaper cutting of a man making pottery watched by two airmen, captioned 'See Pottery made - Warrant Officers Montague Roberts (left) and Dennis Baker (center) watch Martel Espinosa make pottery at San Jose Mission.'
Item 6 is a newspaper cutting of four airmen and two women standing in a garden. It is captioned 'New Experience - This group of British Flyers have a new experience when they visit historic Mission Concepcion during a tour of San Antonio Tuesday.'
Date
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1948-08
Format
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Two leaflets, two b/w photographs with printed captions and two newspaper cuttings
Language
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eng
Type
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Map
Photograph
Text
Identifier
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SMathersRW55201v10039
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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United States
Texas
Texas--San Antonio
Temporal Coverage
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1946-08
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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David Bloomfield
Claire Monk
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35 Squadron
Goodwill tour of the United States (1946)
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Mathers, Ronald. Album
Description
An account of the resource
45 page scrapbook of Squadron life and The Goodwill Tour to the United States by 35 Squadron in 1946. It includes photographs, newspaper cuttings, and programmes. The tour visited stations on both the East and West coasts of the United States and the airmen were entertained with visits to Hollywood.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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SMathersRW55201v1
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2017-07-17
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[photograph]
HE WOULD HAVE BEEN COW PUNCHER OF THE YEAR ONLY THE COW PUNCHED HIM FIRST!
[inserted] Ron [/inserted]
[page break]
Quite A Tussle, What?
[photograph]
STAY DOWN THERE, DOGIE, is what Flight Lieutenant Ron Mathers of the RAF tells this little parcel of future beefsteak, after throwing it in for a loss on the sands of Texas in Bandera, Sunday, August 4th. There are quite a few of the folks back home who won't believe Ron had a hand in this, but there's no denying the fact that his picture is here for proof. The Lieutenant had sufficient amount of courage to take a try at it, or as the Tommies would say, "give it a go," so he deserves all the credit . . . Throw, catch, hog-tie and all. "Tommie" found out that the Texas Steer has more tricks than a whole group of Nazi fighters. But he did conquer him, for pictures don't lie!
RAF Leaves Kelly After Sampling Life In Texas
The 35th Bomber Squadron, RAF, left Kelly Field Thursday to continue their trans-continental tour in Washington D.C., and Massachusetts. Departure was delayed a day because of adverse weather conditions in Washington.
The "Tommies" landed at Kelly Saturday, August 3, at 4 p.m. and were greeted by a formal military Honor [sic] Guard. It took only fifteen minutes from the time the first Lancaster hit the run-way until all 15 planes were on the line in front of the reviewing stand. The crews "lit" and formed in front of their planes, then marched snappily up to "Squadron Front" before the speakers' stand.
Welcomed by CG
Welcoming addresses were given by Brig. Gen. George H. Beverley, commanding Kelly, and Mr. A.J. Lewis, Acting Chairman of the Military Affairs Committee with the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Following these, Group Commander R.C.M. Collard gave an address of gratitude and appreciation to Kelly and Texas.
After the ceremony the British officers were escorted to the B.O.Q., and the NCO's and crew members were transported to the "Palace", where they were billeted during their stay here. Sunday, August 4, the group was taken to Bandera, for a real Texas treat . . . a rodeo and barbecue. While there they visited the Mayan and Lost Valley Guest ranches. All the men went "western" in a big way, trying on "ten gallon hats", rolling their own smokes, riding cow ponies, roping calves, and doing other feats typical of the open range.
Asked what he thought of the Texans' drawl, Flight Lieutenant Gerry Dawson said, "I think Texans talk so slowly because if they talked faster they'd sweat more."
Rodeo Big Success
For a great majority of the men, this was the first time they had ever seen a rodeo or attended a barbecue. The only disrupting factor was that the sun had a habit of baking the men as they watched the performance.
Returning to the Field Sunday evening, the men were treated to a banquet at the Officers' and NCO Clubs. A wonderful dinner with a dance following was given at both clubs.
Monday the group went to the Alamo and other interesting and historical points in San Antonio. Later in the evening they were honor [sic] guests at a picnic at Koehler Park, given by the British War Brides Society of San Antonio. The general public had the opportunity to meet the group at the park. Very fine entertainment was provided for the men at the picnic, and following this there was informal dancing.
La Villita Luncheon
The Squadron toured to La Villita Tuesday, to be guests of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon. The meal was entirely made up of Mexican dishes, a treat which all the men enjoyed immensely.
Distinguished guests at the luncheon besides Brig. Gen. Geo. H. Beverley, who was host to the RAF throughout their stay, were Maj. Gen. James P. Hodges, Commanding General of the Flying Training Command, AAF; Maj. Gen. John B. Coulter, Deputy Commander of the 4th Army; Brig. Gen. Lewis Beebe, who was on Corregidor with Gen. Wainwright, and present Chief of Staff of the 4th Army; and Col. W.R. Tuttle, retired, ranking Reserve Officer in this part of the country.
All being given due credit, the members of the British squadron have enjoyed every minute of their stay here. It's a great country to them, made up of great people. Many of the men have expressed a desire to return "on their own back" after they have ended their tour of duty in the RAF.
[photograph]
FAMED FLYERS – These British flyers who saw much of the war from the window of a bomber, gang up for a look from a window of Mission Concepcion [sic].
[inserted][underlined] San Antonio addresses [/underlined]
DORIS PITMAN
TRANSIT TOWER
(BRANIFF AIRWAYS)
PHONE: CATHEDRAL 6983.
FRANCES STARLLING
BOX 54
KELLY FIELD. [/inserted]
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Title
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Texas
Description
An account of the resource
Item 1 is a photograph of Ronald Mathers wearing a cowboy hat with a calf at his feet, behind are cars. It is captioned 'He would have been cow puncher of the year only the cow punched him first!'
Item 2 is a newspaper cutting with the same photograph.
Item 3 is a newspaper cutting with a photograph of five airmen posed in a window at Mission Concepcion.
Item 4 is a newspaper cutting captioned 'RAF leaves Kelly after sampling life in Texas'. The article details their time in Texas.
Item 5 is a handwritten list of San Antonio addresses.
Date
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1946-08
Language
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eng
Type
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Photograph
Text
Identifier
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SMathersRW55201v10040
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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United States
Texas
Texas--San Antonio
Temporal Coverage
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1946-08
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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One b/w photograph, three newspaper cuttings and a handwritten note on a scrapbook page
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Angela Gaffney
35 Squadron
entertainment
Goodwill tour of the United States (1946)
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Mathers, Ronald
R W Mathers
Description
An account of the resource
20 items. The collection concerns Wing Commander Ronald Mathers DFC (55201 Royal Air Force) and consists of his log books, photographs, correspondence, his decorations, and copies of two letters from Dwight Eisenhower to Sir Arthur Harris. Ronald Mathers completed a tour of operations as a pilot with 9 Squadron from RAF Bardney. After the war he took part in victory flypasts and a Goodwill tour of the United States with 35 Squadron. The collection also contains a scrapbook of the Goodwill Tour to the United States.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Heidi Peace and Ingrid Peters, and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-07-17
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Mathers, RW
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Ronald Mathers pilots flying log book. Two
Description
An account of the resource
Pilots flying log book for Ronald Mathers covering the period from 1 October 1944 to 24 February 1948. Detailing his flying training, instructor duties and duties with 35 squadron. He was stationed at RAF Swinderby, RAF Finningley, RAF Hullavington, RAF Gravely, RAF Stradishall and RAF Scampton. Aircraft flown were, Stirling, Lancaster, Oxford, Wellington, Hotspur, Auster, Harvard, Reliant, Hudson, Halifax, Dakota, Warwick, Lincoln, Meteor, Spitfire, Buckmaster, Mosquito and Anson. He also flew operation Goodwill to America, visiting Lagens, Gander, Mitchel Field, Scott Field, Lowry Field, Long Beach Field, Kelly Field, Andrew Field and Westover Field.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Mike Connock
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LMathersRW55201v2
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Conforms To
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Pending review
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
United States
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Suffolk
England--Wiltshire
England--Yorkshire
California--Long Beach
Colorado--Denver
Illinois--Belleville
Massachusetts--Chicopee
Maryland--Camp Springs
Newfoundland and Labrador--Gander
New York (State)--Long Island
Texas--San Antonio
Azores--Lajes
California
Colorado
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
New York (State)
Texas
Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada
Azores
Temporal Coverage
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1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1660 HCU
35 Squadron
Anson
C-47
forced landing
Goodwill tour of the United States (1946)
Halifax
Harvard
Heavy Conversion Unit
Hudson
Lancaster
Lincoln
Meteor
Mosquito
Oxford
RAF Finningley
RAF Graveley
RAF Hullavington
RAF Scampton
RAF Stradishall
RAF Swinderby
Spitfire
Stirling
training
Wellington
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Texas--San Antonio
Title
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San Antonio [place]
Description
An account of the resource
This page is an entry point for a place. Please use the links below to see all relevant documents available in the Archive.
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Pearce, Arthur
A T Pearce
Description
An account of the resource
140 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Arthur Pearce (1874945 Royal Air Force) He served as an air gunner with 12, 170 and 156 (Pathfinder) Squadrons and completed a 44 operations. After the war, on 35 Squadron he took part in the June 1946 Victory flypast over London and a goodwill visit to the United States. It contains his diaries, memorabilia and photographs.
The collection also contains an album concerning his post war activity with the Goodwill tour of the United States.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Steve Allan and catalogued by Nigel Huckins
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-12-17
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Pearce, AT
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Title
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Kelly Field
Description
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Air to ground view of Kelly Field taken from turret. Barrel of gun visible top left. Hangars on the ground bottom left with aircraft parked on their right.
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One b/w photograph
Type
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Photograph
Identifier
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PPearceAT16010019
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
United States Army Air Force
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Geolocated
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Gen. Spaatz Welcomes RAF
[photograph]
At the microphone welcoming the RAF to Andrews Field is Gen. Carl A Spaatz. Chief of Staff of the Army Air Forces. In back of him, reading from left to right, are Lord Inverchapel, British Ambassador; Col. Curtis D. Sluman, Base Commander, and Maj. Gen. O.P. Weyland, Assistant Chief of Air Staff Plans.
The RAF’s famous 35th Squadron zoomed northward today on the last lap of its “goodwill tour” of U.S. air bases as guests of the Army Air Corps after spending one week at Andrews Field.
The noted British fliers of World War II flew 12 Lancaster bombers from San Antonio, Tex., to Andrews Field on August 8. The bombers are still wearing the battle paint that distinguished them in the night raids over Germany.
The British ambassador, Hon. Lord Inverchapel; the AAF’s Chief of Staff, Gen. Carl A. Spaatz; the commanding officer of Andrews Field, Col. C.D. Sluman, and many other dignitaries were on hand to greet the fliers.
Lord Inverchapel welcomed No. 35 Squadron to the Washington area, and stated that while they were in this vicinity he thought he should retire, allowing them to serve as ambassadors. He also invited all the members of No. 35 Squadron to a party at the Embassy on Friday night.
In a speech of welcome, General Spaatz recalled the close cooperation that had existed between the RAF and the AAF. He said that it was imperative that this relationship should continue to exist between the two air forces.
While at Andrews Field the 200 English airmen, all veterans of Britain’s much decorated Pathfinder Force, were entertained by both military officials and civilians. The entertanment [Sic] ranged from downing brews at the Pfc. Club with GI’s to drinking tea on the lawn of the British Embassy in response to Lord Inverchapel’s invitation.
On Saturday morning, August 10, the British aircraft gave a demonstration flight over Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, taking off from Andrews Field at 0915. Thirty newsmen went on this flight. From 1300 to 1500 Saturday afternoon the public was invited to an open house here. Royal Air Force crews stood by their Lancasters and answered questions concerning their equipment. During the late afternoon and evening Andrews Field held a gala beach party at Chesapeake Beach for all enlisted visiting RAF personnel and for Andrews Field enlisted and civilian personnel. Swimming, a picnic supper, and dancing were the main features of the day. On Saturday night a buffet dinner and dances were held at the Officers’ Club for all RAF and Andrews Field officers.
Forty Air Attaches visited the Base Sunday morning at the invitation of Headquarters AAF. British service women and other members of the British Colony in Washington were also guests here Sunday afternoon. In the evening the RAF personnel attended the AAF band concert given on the Capitol steps.
During the course of their stay in Washington our English guests also went on sight-seeing tours as well as visiting Bolling Field and attending dinner parties and other social functions.
The itinerary of No. 35 Squadron since it arrived at Mitchell Field July 17 from Graveley, Huntingdon, England, via Azorea and Newfoundland, has been St. Louis, Denver, Los Angeles, San Antonio, Tex., and Andrews Field.
The squadron is now headed for Westover Field, Chicopee Falls, Mass., where it will remain for four days before completing the cycle back to Mitchel Field. From there they will return to England, where most of the men will await their well-earned dis-discharges [Sic].
[photograph]
Group Captain K.C.M Collard is pictured above shaking hands with Col. Curtis D. Sluman, Base Commander, at ceremonies welcoming the RAF to Andrews Field. To the left of him is Lord Inverchapel, British Ambassador; to his right are Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, Chief of Staff of the Army Air Forces, and Col. A.L. Berry, Deputy Base Commander.
[photograph]
In picture above, men of the RAF’s famous 35th Squadron are shown lined up in front of a group of heavy Lancaster bombers during Andrews Field reception for the Royal Air Force.
FLY-PAST
Five South Londoners will have an aerial view of the procession when they take part in the RAF fly-past.
One of them is 23-year-old F/O Frank Baker of Glengarry-rd., Dulwich, navigator in a Mosquito night intruder who won the DFC for a night operation over German airfields.
Three of the others are from heavy bombers, F.O Brundritt. Of Lynton-rd., Bermondsey, will be navigator of a Lancaster. W/O A.J. Pearce, of 70, Whitworth House, Falmouth-rd., Southwark, who won the DFM in 1945, and Flight Sgt. B. Ford, of 5, Arlingford-rd., Tulse Hill, will be rear gunners in Lancasters, W/O S. Pritchard, of 5, Montford-place, Kennington, will be a navigator in 248 Mosquito squadron.
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Goodwill tour of United States and Victory Fly-Past
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Top right - newspaper cutting titled 'Gen Spaatz welcomes RAF' with three photographs. Top left photograph of General Spaatz at microphone welcoming RAF to Andrews Field. Also in background Lord Inverchapel, British Ambassador, Col Curtis D Sluman and Maj Gen O P Weyland. Article explains that 35 Squadron spent a week at Andrews Field having flown from San Antonio on August 8th. Covers Gen Spaatz speech. Mentions aircraft gave demonstration flight over Atlantic City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington. Photograph middle of Group Captain Collard shaking hands with Col Curtis D Sluman (base commander Andrews Field) in front of parade of servicemen. Bottom photograph 35 Squadron crews lined up in front of their Lancasters.
Bottom left - a newspaper cutting 'Fly-Past', notes that five south Londoners will have aerial view as they take part in RAF fly-past: F/O Frank Baker DFC (ex Mosquito navigato)r; F/O Brundrift (navigator); W/O A J Pearce DFM; F/Sgt B Ford (air gunners in Lancaster) and W/O S Pritchard (navigator in 248 Squadron Mosquito).
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1946-07
1946-08
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PPearceAT16030010
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Royal Air Force
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United States Army Air Force
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United States
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New Jersey--Atlantic City
Texas--San Antonio
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Maryland--Baltimore
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Texas
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1946-07
1946-08
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Goodwill tour of the United States (1946)
Lancaster
Mosquito
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Pathfinders
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Lowry Field on July 25. Plans are underway to fete the British flyers and make their visit to Lowry as pleasant as possible. This is one of the many points which the RAF Squadron will visit on a five-week goodwill tour of the United States. Open house at Lowry Field is planned for the 27th of July. At this time the public will be given a chance to inspect this sample of the might of the British Air Arm.
Flying the famed Lancaster bombers that helped smash Germany’s industrial war plants in night raids at the height of the Allied air offensive, R.A.F. fliers will land at Lowry Field to begin their three-day visit to the Denver area. Invited to the United States by the Army Air Forces, Squadron 35 (Pathfinder), Royal Air Force Bomber Command is touring the country, taking part in several events along the way. Arriving at Mitchell Field, New York, on July 17, the group of sixteen Lancasters and two Yorks, commanded by Wing Commander A.F.L. Craig assembled before beginning its “Good Will” tour.
Upon their arrival in New York last Wednesday, members of the group were extended a warm welcome. Among the activities held in their honor [sic] were a baseball game, dinner, dance, and open house entertainment. Similar programs are being planned for their visits to Scott Field and other AAF installations in this country.
The squadron will stop at Scott Field, near Bellevue, Illinois on July 21. After leaving Lowry Field, the group will take off for a scheduled arrival at Long Beach, California on the 28th. on August 1, the unit will take part in the program for the Army Air Forces Day at Los Angeles. Next scheduled stop on the itinerary will be Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, when the group leaves Long Beach, on August 3. From Kelly the R.A.F. fliers will take off for Morrison Field, near West Palm Beach, Florida, arriving there on August 7. Next will be Andrews Field, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. On August 18 a return
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The mass formation will be manned by 110 enlisted men, 30 warrant officers, 61 company grade officers, and eight field grade officers. Total strength will be 209, including two British newspapermen.
Veteran of some of the toughest air combat in the European theatre, the 35th Squadron will complete project “Good Will” under the direction of Group Captain R.C.M. Collard, Station Commander at Gravelly, Huntington, England. Wing Commander Craig of Gravelly, a 23-year-old flier with a brilliant war record will conduct the group on its five-week tour. Craig holds the Distinguished Service Order and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Britain’s largest bombers, the four-engine Lancasters of Squadron 35 which carried the war to Germany completed every mission but one. Chosen to form part of the R.A.R.’s “Tiger Force,” No. 35 was making preparations to join American B-29’s on Okinawa for the massed air offensive against Japan when surrender came, cancelling the project. Still clad in their “tropical Dress,” the R.A.F. Lancasters are white on top and black underneath.
Much of the fame which was attained by the 35th Squadron came from their successes as one of the four squadrons which went to make up the nucleus of the “Pathfinder Force.” This was the RAF’s solution to the difficulties encountered in maintaining accuracy in bombing on night missions over Europe. Early in the war it became apparent that night bombing would be much more effective if an unmistakable beacon were created near the target by fire-raising parties. Hence the “Pathfinder Force” was established. The four squadrons chosen were selected because of special skills in navigation and the use of special equipment. Their mission was to locate targets in the dark and provide the guiding beacon by setting them afire with incendiary bombs and by dropping flares.
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Goodwill visit to United States
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Newspaper cutting with three air-to-air view photographs of Lancasters.
Article states that 16 Lancasters of 35 Pathfinder Squadron will arrive 27 July 1946 on three day visit to Denver area. They arrived in the United States at Mitchel Field New York on 17 July 1946. Mentions they will visit Scott Field Bellevue. Long Beach California, San Antonio, Morrison Field West Palm Beach and Andrews Field Washington DC. Mentions party consists of 110 enlisted men m 20 warrant officers and 61 officers. Mentions would have been part of Tiger Force.
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1946-07
1946-08
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eng
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PPearceAT16030024
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
United States Army Air Force
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United States
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Texas--San Antonio
New York (State)--New York
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Maryland
Washington (D.C.)
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1946-07
1946-08
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Goodwill tour of the United States (1946)
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[photograph]
Southwark ‘Pathfinder’ on goodwill mission
WARRANT Officer A.J. Pearce, DFM, of 70, Whitworth House, Falmouth-rd., [sic] Southwark, is to be rear gunner of a Lancaster bomber of the famous No. 35 Squadron, RAF, when the unit flies to the United States shortly on a goodwill mission.
Altogether 16 Lancaster bombers and two York aircraft are to visit America to take part in Air Forces Day on August 1. They will visit New York, St. Louis, Los Angeles, Denver, Long Beach, California, San Antonio, Texas West, Palm Beach and Florida.
During the war W/O Pearce completed 44 operations against the enemy, including a period of service with the Pathfinder Force. He was awarded the DFM in December, 1945.
Born at Blackfriars in 1923, he was educated at St. Michael’s School, Camberwell, and he enlisted in March, 1943.
No. 35 Squadron is a veteran bomber and Pathfinder squadron and was to have formed part of “Tiger Force,” organised to join American Super-Fortresses, in bombing Japan.
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Southwark 'Pathfinder' on goodwill mission
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Top left - Arthur Pearce in the rear turret of a Lancaster.
Bottom right - Arthur Pearce leaning out of the rear door of a Lancaster rear turret which is rotated fully to port.
Bottom left - newspaper cutting title 'Southwark "Pathfinder" on goodwill mission'. States that Warrant Officer A.J. Pearce of Southwark will be a rear gunner of a Lancaster of 35 Squadron when it flies to the United States on a goodwill mission. 16 Lancasters and two Yorks will visit America to take part in Air Forces day on 1 August. They will visit New York, St Louis, Los Angeles, Denver, Long Beach, San Antonio and West Palm Beach. It adds that during the war W/O Pearce completed 44 operations including some with pathfinder force. He was awarded the DFM in December 1945.
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1946-07
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eng
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PPearceAT16030035
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Royal Air Force
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United States
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California--Los Angeles
Colorado--Denver
California--Long Beach
Florida--West Palm Beach
Texas--San Antonio
Great Britain
England--London
Florida
California
Colorado
Missouri
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Texas
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1946-08-01
1945-12
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Cox, John
John Cox
J Cox
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Seven Items. Includes an oral history interview with John Cox (133397 Royal Air Force), his logbooks and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 626 Squadron before becoming a prisoner of war.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by John Cox and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2016-10-14
2016-03-21
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Cox, J
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John Cox’s pilots flying log book. One
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eng
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LCoxJ133397v1
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Pending review
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Pilots flying log book for John Cox, covering the period from 9 January 1942 to 12 June 1944. Detailing his flying training and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Perth, USAF Tuscaloosa, USAF Gunter Field, USAF Turner Field, USAF Kelly Field, USAF Ellington Field, RCAF Moncton, RAF Speke, RAF Calveley and RAF Newton. Aircraft flown were, Tiger Moth, Stearman PT17, Vultee BT13, Cessna AT17, Curtis AT9, Fairchild 20, Beechcraft AT10, North American AT6, North American BC-1, Dakota, Oxford and B-17.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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Mike Connock
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Royal Air Force
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Canada
Great Britain
United States
Alabama--Montgomery
Alabama--Tuscaloosa
England--Cheshire
England--Liverpool
England--Nottinghamshire
Georgia--Albany
New Brunswick--Moncton
Scotland--Perth
Texas--Houston
Texas--San Antonio
Alabama
Georgia
Texas
New Brunswick
England--Lancashire
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1942
1943
1944
Advanced Flying Unit
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B-17
C-47
Flying Training School
Oxford
pilot
RAF Calveley
RAF Newton
Stearman
Tiger Moth
training
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Reid, Kathleen
Reid, K
Reid, Kathryn
Reid, Katy
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An account of the resource
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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[American Red Cross crest]
SAN ANTONIO
TEXAS –
Thu.
Sept. 13
1945
My darling Cathy:
Oh, honey, how I wish you were here; I’m so blue and lonesome that I could almost shoot myself – but that takes nerve – more than I possess at this moment. I didn’t get up for breakfast this morning, so here am I again in the service club – where I was when I wrote you yesterday (only this time I forgot to bring any paper, and had to mooch some from the hostess here;) (so you will please excuse.) I have had (not 1 but) 2 cups of coffee – really good coffee (almost like the French style we get in New Orleans.)
Honey, I’m not happy at all – too many ghosts from the past have made untimely and unwelcome entrances into my gay young (“innocent”) life. Like in my article, I am growing up – something I never wanted (over)
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to do; I am learning (ref. article) that a day spent is gone forever. Oh! I try to tell myself that America is the same; that her people (my countrymen) are unchanged, but as true as there is day, everything is different. Remember when the heroine of “The White Cliffs” came back to her own land for a short visit during prohibition and found organized gangdom, cut-throats, etc. It isn’t exactly like that now, but there is cut-throat in business; each company trying to form & secure a monopoly so that his competitor will die of bankruptcy – People have lost all sense of reason, & the mad scramble for the almighty dollar has made beasts of them. Never in the history of our nation has there been such a national payroll, and for articles that are scarce (not necessities, but things that are absolutely useless – fur coats ($4,000) - £1,000 they’re paying as if it were a shilling -) used automobiles four
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and five years old are bringing 2 and 3 times what was paid for them new.
(From downstairs I hear again Chopin’s Polonaise – it has become an institution here; the greatest seller since “White Christmas,” and “W.C.” has been the all-time history breaking seller in the U.S. (The “W.C.” above stands for “White Christmas” and NOT what you may be thinking.)
As I’ve said before, I am at the crossroads of my life; I soon shall be in civilian clothes (I say soon; things move so slowly on this base it will probably be years!) and I don’t know quite how to accept that life – going into the Army when I was just a kid, before I had a chance to feel any responsibility (and regimentation certainly doesn’t make for promoting the sense of resp.) for the U.S. Army there is no tolerance of individualism – we must work,
(OVER)
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think, act …. collectively, as a bunch of marionettes on strings).
I need advice – straightforward, frank advice from someone who has known & lived; and knows what breaks life will give you; what courses to steer away from; which to follow ….
Experience, they say, though, is a [underlined] dear [/underlined] teacher. So I suppose I must learn the hard way – perhaps that is better after all …..
Yesterday, while browsing through some books in the library, I picked up a class-book published by one of the cadet-bombardier schools in Ellington, Texas. You know the kind of book the graduating classes of schools, etc. always rubbish – with everyone’s pictures, and scenes depicting the school life, etc.
I wasn’t expecting to see anyone I knew – but right there (the first picture in the book) smiling, and dressed in his flying rig, was the best friend I ever had – the guy who kept
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me steered on the right trail when I was in my late teens; the guy who meant more to me than any of my brothers. I depended on him (he was older) for all decisions I made – he advised me to join the Air Force instead of the regular Army, because that’s where he was (having been transferred from the army) and he knew how tough & heartbreaking the other was. Perhaps I’ve written all this before, honey, but I’m so depressed I’d jut like to tell somebody, & I think I could find no more sympathetic ear than yours. Stan graduates from school, gets a commission & silver wings (he was an orphan kid & had to work for everything he ever got) and just a month after graduation everything (his plans, dreams, his life) all go up in a flaming liberator.
It was like losing my right arm; my source of advice. Well, we had plans of going to Connecticut (in New England) to breed horses when all this was over – plans formulated by him, because what I know about horses you could put in a mosquito’s
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ear. He was going to take me in as a partner, & teach me the business.
I got the message, 2 years ago – after having just arrived in England, and he was killed back here. Somehow, being so far away, I couldn’t accept his death as a reality, but now that I’ve come back here; gone to all the hangouts where we (always accompanied by a gang of kids – Dolly – the French lass I wrote you about – was among them) used to [deleted] [indecipherable word] [/deleted] frequent, it has been like learning all over again that there will be no horse-farm in Conn., no double marriage (we had planned that someday; when the right girls came along).
And seeing this picture (published in 1943) so alive, so real made me wonder if he really were dead?
Here is an excerpt from a letter I received from Stan just a couple of weeks before his crash – so ironic, & prophetic –
“….. Reckon there’s not much else to say. A few accidents around here – a few deaths that don’t bother me in the least. I still fly with the greatest ease, and don’t worry about the thoughts [underlined] that I may have [/underlined]
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[underlined] my crash soon. [/underlined] I imagine if I was to die, it would have been a long time ago. BUT, [underlined] the wicked live on to a ripe old age [/underlined] ….”
That was written 7 Aug.; on the 18 Aug. it happened. And that is the only letter I saved that he had ever sent to me.
The only thing left for me to do is write that book I’ve been dreaming of entitled: “Only The Good Die Young.” And dedicate it to a guy whose theory was upset like an apple cart. He must not have been as wicked as he imagined, or else there’s not a grain of salt in the theory he preached is there?
There it is, and I feel better that I have told someone about it; maybe it’s the second, or third time I’ve told you (There goes THAT song again!) I hope I haven’t been too boring – if you were here I wouldn’t feel like this – you would
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‘nt allow any seriousness. We’d both be laughing. Right now it’s 10 A.M. here; in England at this moment it is 5 P.M. – you’re probably going to “chow,” or having eaten early, you are going on duty. Tell the C.O. or Cpl. or whoever gives you your schedule, not to work you too hard; you’re too small for that kind of labor. [sic] Tell them I said so - & the other girls who work with you, tell them to pitch in & work for you so you can have more time off.
Don’t forget to tell me how you came out in your exam – or test – for the London Academy of Dramatic Arts, or whatever it was. I hope it was okay.
While composing this epistle (which has taken an hour thus far) I have been literally eating cigarettes – if I become a writer THAT will be my greater experience. We were rationed to 10 packs a week (on the base at half price) but that is lifted now that the shortage crisis has passed. They’re
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plentiful in all the stores downtown, & everywhere, where once a voluntary ration was imposed. All that has gone now so there is no need to ration fags for the Armed services
I suppose you get tired of this variation in the spelling of your name: Sometimes it’s Kathie; Kathy, Cathie, Cathy – “but a rose by any other name ….”
Having seen Laurence Olivier’s production (in which he took the title role) “Henry V,” I have checked the play out here at the library & am reading it again. It is a large volume containing Shakespeare’s entire works. I read it in high school; got very little out of it – because it was compulsory; now I want to read it for my own pleasure, and not so I can make good marks on an
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exam. the instructor will give when I’ve completed it.
I went to the movies again last night, braving a REAL rain (it actually rained & now I’m freezing because it is so cold, when only yesterday it was 120 degrees. But I’m glad – this weather reminds me so much of England) to see “Captain Kidd” with Charles Laughton creating a character out of an imaginary legend of England in an early century. It was good, light entertainment with Laughton doing another “Captain Blygh” from “Mutiny on the Bounty.”
Cathy, honey, this is the longest letter I’ve written you in a long time, but all of them must come to an end sometimes, so I’ll just say. Write often, will you. Send it regular mail – they get here almost as fast as Air Mail.
“Tally – hello”
Always, yours
“Heathcliffe”
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Long rambling letter where he describes his feelings and activities. Mentions his mental state and state of his country and its inhabitants. Mentions book he had read and how it affected him. Writes of comrades and previous lady friend. Continues with more rambling in the same vein.
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San Antonio
Texas
Sept. 25, 1945
My darling Cathie:
“Untold want, by life and land ne’er granted, [underlined] Now, Voyager, [/underlined] sail thou forth, to seek & find.”
Honey, Walt Whitman wrote those lines, from which Olive Higgins Prouty took the title for her famous best seller, “Now Voyager”, which I have just completed, after hours of complete joy & undivided interest, and to me it is greater than Margaret Mitchell’s – with no disrespect to Mrs. Mitchell, because I think she is truly a genius – “Gone With The Wind.” But what a nice title for a book, and a nice source from which to derive a title. I don’t know if you’ve ever read this book, but it is one I can highly recommend, & I believe you WOULD like it.
But let me not wander onto subjects of a literary nature, when I have much nicer things to try to convey to you. Today – (we have no mail call on Sundays, so my letters piled up,) I received an unprecedented stack of letters (18) from about half a dozen correspondents. And they came from the four corners of the U.S. – from the great North West (Washington state), to New York, to Lousiana, [sic] to California – East, North, West & South, also your letter No 4, from England. Not bad for a “buck” Sgt. in one day, but I pity my fingers after I have written a reply to everyone of these epistles. One day last week I penned 8 masterpieces & wound up with a severe case of
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Writer’s cramp, but it was worth it, because I never get tired of writing, & as long as my friends will comply with a retaliation, or rebuttal, I will be perfectly pleased.
Outside – on the grass –
The heat in an upper story of a two-storied barracks is unbearable, so out into the shade created by the building. These barracks are really nice – every one of them made of white (or grey) stucco (plaster-like) and each barracks has its individual bath, shower, central heating system (why that was installed here in San Antonio I shall never know – because as the city advertises itself – it is where the “sunshine spends her winters. They tell me it rains twice a year, & I believe it. I have seen little (& very little at that) just once since I’ve been here. Such a contrast to England’s weather where it [underlined] doesn’t rain twice a year, [/underlined] but [underlined] twice [/underlined] a day. I’d give anything for a small bit of that climate I [underlined] USED [/underlined] to curse. I suppose it is no more than human nature to desire those things which are forbidden us momentarily. And when we finally get it we long for what we’ve just been removed of –
Do you remember Armstrong (remember he was dark haired, very quiet, & wore glasses – a math. professor from Texas?)I received a letter from him today. He is with the 36th Sqdn. yet, 4,000 miles away, in Tacoma, Wash. You remember Chilek, I know. He was the blonde-haired one you called Bob, I think – used to run around with “Mr. Moto” I received
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a note from him also, and he ALREADY IS A CIVILIAN, and so is BILL BLAISE – Ann’s old flame. The slightly (very, I should say) bald one. It was good to hear from Chilek. He’s a nice guy. Said he & his wife were in New York City the day the official Jap surrender was announced, and what a time THAT CITY had.
Poor old Robin, Big-Noise, & the rest are still sweating out a boat-ride in England. I was darn lucky to get to fly home. It shouldn’t be too long before I should be out of here. I have 89 points & only 80 are needed for a discharge. And to think that I haven’t spent 3 years in the forces yet, & am not too old, and have no physical handicaps, as yet, from the war – I consider myself darn lucky. Both my brothers are safe, & soon will be on their respective ways home – one from France, & one from Tokyo. My oldest Brother, Ben, who spent 3 years in the Infantry in the Pacific (and those are the guys who really had it rough, doing the actual fighting) said that before he came home he would probably see Tokyo. His prophecy came true! But in October he sails for home (it says in the papers his outfit is scheduled to sail at that time) and my bro. in France hopes to be home by Christmas. And I should be a civilian long before then. Know what I’ve decided to do. Go either to New Orleans or New York, rent me a hotel room, get me a case of Scotch & about a dozen cartons of cigarettes, lock myself in & write my book –
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between hangovers of course. If the book sells, I will consider myself already a genius, & don’t need the education a university can offer; if it doesn’t sell, to college I go! It’s too late to enroll [sic] in the Fall semester, as the mid-term semester begins in January. I should have sufficient time by then to complete my “Masterpiece” – if I buckle down.
My best friend’s mother has almost demanded that I come to N.Y. to do my writing. She is a colorful [sic] character herself – an orchestra leader, also a farmerette. She owns a large estate up in the mountains & has thousands of chickens, and she’s married to an Englishman, (born & reared in England) but they don’t get along very well – she’s too independent & he expects her to play wife to him & mother to his kids (each had been married before & had several kids) I’ll possibly settle in the East – in New England, or somewhere North. I can’t stand the torture of the Southern climate any longer.
Cathy (I mean Cathie) I had some snaps made while I was home which came out better than I expected. I only had 1 print made because I was afraid of the results. Now I’ve sent the negatives back & will have several reprints made. When I receive them I will send you a print of each – that is if you think you’re strong enough to bear the brunt of a shock they will, undoubtedly, afford you. If you have a garden you may put them there to keep the crows away.
I’ve just come back from afternoon mail call - & feel a little disappointed that I didn’t get any. But with this mornings sum total, I have no
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kick coming –
TWO HOURS LATER:
Since beginning this seemingly ill-fated epistle, I have been to the P.X. [symbol] for a couple of bottles of beer; I’ve had chow (supper); and I’ve read 60 pages in Col. Robert L. Scott’s “God Is My Co-Pilot” – the true story of a man who was “too old” – 34 (so the gov. told him) to go to war. Non-fiction. Everytime I go to the library I select a fiction, and a non-fiction because I’m partial to stories & adventures that are true. At one time I used to think I’d like to write the all-American classic from pure imagination, but my first effort is going to be a plunge into the autobiographic world – people tell me I’m too young to write one; that I must wait until I’m old & then write my memoirs, but I say – baloney! I’ve had enough experiences since I’ve been in the Army – of every nature, gay, tragic, ordinary, to fill a dozen volumes. So if I make a hit with my initial effort, I shall, more than likely, follow up with a sequel. As my “great” work of fiction – a novel I’ve had in mind a long time. You read “The Yearling” – the poor people of the everglades in Florida? Well, my brain conceives a plot involving a wild young girl brought from the everglades by a philanthropic fellow from New Orleans – to learn to read, & to write – because she is very beautiful – of Spanish & Irish ancestry – black eyes & raven hair of the Spanish, & smooth white skin of her Irish father (you know Florida WAS settled by Spanish (Ponce de Leon finally
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[symbol] P.X – Post Exchange – (base store) – you know though, I suppose.
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came there searching for his fountain of youth) Ponce de Leon sounds French, but I think [underlined] he [/underlined] was Spanish. It doesn’t matter.
The story will relate how she changed from a sweet, demure, innocent young girl, with a puppy-like devotion for her benefactor – to a scheming, heartless, shrewd wench, after she realizes what effects her beauty and personality have on men, until she completely wrecks the life of her [indecipherable word], driving his wife to suicide, and one of his sons to his death through her scheming and lying.
But I’ll wait & send you a copy if I ever complete it, and let you pass judgement. I got this idea when I was spending a Christmas holiday in Florida in 1939 – in the balmy, tropical climate, away from the icy snows of winter. I was visiting an uncle’s relatives, when I met this girl. She [underlined] WAS [/underlined] of Irish & Spanish descent, & she was very beautiful, AND illiterate. I felt sorry for Martha (she was past 30 then) and her family was ashamed of her. I remember it was Christmas day, so I decided to take her to the movies. She knew she was unwanted, and when we got out of the car (there was a queue) and I started to the end of it, but she, poor girl started on up to the box-office. So we were separated, and when she saw me going the other way she figured I was ashamed of her – (I wasn’t Cathie – sorry for her, but [underlined] not [/underlined] ashamed) She caught up with me, & told me I didn’t have to go with her; she’d understand. I told her not to be foolish; that in the cities you HAVE to go to the end of the line (queue) & wait your turn. She told me that in this small town you didn’t. I finally persuaded her to believe I wasn’t ashamed of her, & we saw the movie. And I’m glad I did – I’ll be happy to my dying day that I did handle this
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situation with tact, & restraint, & that I didn’t blow up & leave her there, for it wasn’t long afterwards that she died. When I’d go to Florida (I used to go every year) I’d invariably take her a load of gifts. Usually I’d buy her a fairly expensive Yardley makeup kit, & boxes of candy, because living so far from civilization, she saw these “luxuries” only at Christmas. The last time I was there I gave her a nice Houbigant set with powder, talc, soap, cologne, perfume, etc. – in a nice satin-lined case (she had never even seen anything so nice, much less to really own one) and when I left she told me that whenever I returned – if it were 20 years she’d still have it.
So I got to wondering what it would be like to take her back, give her a private tutor & get her educated in basic fundamentals – not everything - & turn her loose on New Orleans society. I could never do this, but I dreamed of it, and presto! I figured out just what would happen – I invented all kinds of escapades for her in my mind – and the idea for a novel was born. So my great classic won’t be entirely fiction after all.
So much for that. It’s growing pale around me, and lights are beginning to bob up here ---- and there, the sky is battleship grey, and a few acquamarine [sic] clouds fringe the horizon, a lone B-24 (Liberator) drones overhead (bringing back memories (over)
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of my flight across the Atlantic; there is an acrid smell of burning waste in the air. Occasionally a G.I. – dressed in his summer gabardine uniform passes, headed for the P.X for a beer or ice-cream soda, or to the theatre, or service club. Immediately aft of our barracks is a large frame built of timbers, across which is hung G.I. laundry – limply, and blowing slightly in the evening breeze. Now the barracks are bright with light, and from one of them comes low, soft music, of a dance band. This is truly the saddest part of the day – neither light, nor dark, when Mother nature rings her curfew and tells the day to prepare for bed, but the day – reluctant to admit it must gather her treasures and make way for a different shift, lingers just as long as it is possible, until other father night creeps in on her, shoving her out of sight & mind for a few hours. When she departs, though, the day is gay & not sad, because she knows that in a very short time she can return & play a similar trick on her rival. I hear several G.Is barking like Wolves. Undoubtedly they have spotted a pretty girl & are howling their approval.
Now it is so dark that I have difficulty writing a straight line, so I’ll bid you fond adieu, hoping I haven’t bored you with all this chit-chat. You barely guessed your fate when you made friends with a potential author, to whom 5,000 words are a puny beginning, did you, darling?
So I’ll say, Goodnight my love & may the time be short, & the Gods favorable, [sic] until I can see you again – As Always
“Always” Yours, Heathcliffe
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Writes some literary philosophy and mentions receiving many letters from various correspondents. Describes his location and reminisces about acquaintances and family. Interrupts letters and goes on to describe activities. Writes that he would like to write a book and outlines plot. Follows long rambling reminiscing about old flame and flight across the Atlantic in B-24.
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1945-09-25
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United States Army Air Force
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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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[United States Army Air Forces crest]
Monday, Oct. 1 – ‘45
San Antonio, Texas
My darling!
Monday again – but definitely not blue Monday – it’s green – see my change of ink? Know why? At mail call this A.M. yours very truly received no less than 10 letters – and of these 1/5 (2) came from a certain little lady I used to know (what am I saying – used to know???) Many months ago in a spot known as England. What’s more one of these epistles contained a very nice likeness of this Yorkshire lass, & I am very happy, and gay, and the blues are long forgotten; just enough time has lapsed since reading these joyous communiques for me to have a bite of lunch (I didn’t go to the mess hall; I went across the street to the P.X. for a chocolate malt, a coke, & a couple of sandwiches) before I begin a reply. I mailed you an air mail letter Friday of last week, and I’ve sent innumerable letters regular mail (before I was paid) which should come in at various times. Also I’ve sent postcard views of New Orleans, & folders giving many scenes & an abridged history of the fair city. Also cards of various Texas cities – I don’t know what mode of conveyance is employed to get this class mail to England – probably sail-boat, but it definitely doesn’t go first class – I’m sure (OVER)
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To say that I was wildly pleased to have received these long epistles from you is to put it mildly. I was – shall I say delirious with joy? It seems that all your communiques are arriving in pairs – and if I read correctly my last 2 you received came simultaneously.
The studio promised me the prints tomorrow, & if they [underlined] do [/underlined] arrive, I’ll send them to you immediately I receive them. And as soon as I get home, as much as I hate to, I know Mother will want me to put on my Army uniform for the last time & make a portrait – if they flatter me, I’ll send you one; if not, I won’t.
Darling, I appreciated your discourse on Stan & my admiration for him – I think it was hero-worship more than anything else. Every kid has these stages, when some ideal is set up, and anything remotely connected with this ideal is to be idolized. You went much deeper than this lame-brain of mine incapable of functioning, but I got the general impression.
Like Chopin, “I am possessed of moods” – remember George Sands telling him she thought she knew all his moods, except that last one? I will be happy one minute & unhappy the next – I am capable of such varied emotions, BUT, fortunately they
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usually are short lived - & soon forgotten (my darker moods, I mean) & replaced by the sunshine of laughter, for which man was made.
I bet you & I could have a lot of fun together, planning a home, arguing as to what sex the first kid would be, me grumbling because you boiled my egg 5 minutes instead of 4 1/2, travelling around seeing American, sailing back to England for a holiday (“Oh! to be in England, now that April’s there.”) maybe going on to gay Paris, and Vienna, and watching the waters of the Danube (“blue, they say, only to those in love”) To me it would be the most beautiful blue I have ever seen. And Venice & Genoia with their canals - & gondoliers & musicians strumming guitars to lovers. On the mountains of Maine in the spring, and fishing in the cool, mt. streams, or Miami in the winter – sunshine palm trees, swimming on Christmas day, when the rest of the U.S. is shivering in her blanket of snow. Laughing, living life. Or curled up on the divan some Winter’s evening, before an open fireplace – the wind howling outside; thunder booming through the Heavens, and rain pattering against the window pane. Safe inside, listening to gay, festive gypsy music, or Chopin’s plaintive
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creations, or Tschaikowsky [sic] (that’s the composer) Letting the world with her agonies & miseries roll by, not touching us. New Orleans at carnival time (Mardi Gras) which is undoubtedly the most extravagant celebration anywhere, anytime, in America. When joy & gaiety reigns supreme, & all cares are forgotten – winding your way along crowd-infested streets, dodging confetti, & showers of rice & paper; magnificent floats a blaze of multi-colors [sic] – and the police dept. takes a holiday for a week – you can do no wrong. This is a heritage of the days when New Orleans was populated by French alone, and today it surpasses the like celebrations held in Paris, or anywhere in the world where a Mardi Gras is held.
The tap-tap-tap of my typewriter knocking out another masterpiece; my consultation with you if the English [underlined] always [/underlined] insert a “U” before an “R” when it is supposed to be “OR” – like HARBOR (Am. version) or HARBOUR (English version) and me telling you it’s useless, and a wastage of a letter; Arguing England’s & America’s merits – but in fun, telling each other his country stinks; is no good – but we’ll both know the other is joking.
Oh, there are a million things I’d like for you to see – the expression in your eyes when you gazed straight up for more than
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a quarter of a mile at New York City’s Empire State Building, easily the world’s tallest – can you imagine a man-made construction 102 stories in height – so high, in fact that one becomes dizzy just looking at it. And other bldgs. 60 – 80 stories in height – once considered tall & elegant, but long [deleted] [indecipherable word] [/deleted] dwarfed since the Empire’s construction. Imagine getting in an elevator (lift) and going to the summit; gazing down at the little fly-like creatures – men – walking around on the streets.
There would be new things to see & explore every day, & life wouldn’t be boring. We take just as much pride in our new & modern architecture as Europe does in her old creations. We were born too late for antique things, so we devote our resources to concocting things new & different; things that the rest of the world has never thought of. I was looking at a book of statistics & the things (and percentage of these things on a global scale) we have amazed me. About 70 percent of the world’s telephones, over 50 percent of the Autos; I thought everybody had these things in all the countries the world over, but I’ve found we are the world’s “laziest” people. i.e. – we spend all our time & effort on new inventions to save us labor [sic] & give us more leisure. If ever the energy of the atom can be corraled & used to [underlined] good [/underlined] advantage, instead of destructive force, it will certainly be a boon to the American people. They won’t have to work at all.
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One of the letters I received today was from my buddy’s Mother (the sailor I met in London when I was supposed to have met you & our dates of pass didn’t coincide, remember I wrote you about the hilarious & half witty time I had, & dressed up as a sailor for a day, etc.) in Elmira, New York. Well, she has taken a fancy to me, even though I have never met her, but she sends me 2 or 3 lengthy epistles every week, usually with some funny story to cheer me up. She is married to an Englishman & thus she doesn’t like anyone of English breed. She & her husband have a partnership like the one you mentioned – girl 30, man 60 – this one is purely platonic, & right now I’m trying to persuade her that [underlined] I have [/underlined] found the English person who [underlined] IS [/underlined] different. Her husband is lazy & she works all the time, running a farm, & playing in town (she’s an orchestra leader, & wizard pianist) 4 nights a week, so she thinks all Englishmen are like her husband. She’s being a little unfair & unjust, though. I’ve grown very fond of her through her epistles, & I shall visit her at the termination of my Army career (at her continued persistence) and possibly settle in New York. She is acquainted with everyone in the newspaper business, & says she can help me to get a place on one of them. She also want me to go to Cornell University, just 16 miles from her home & study journalism, staying with her while doing so. She says she is so glad that her son met, & became friends with someone like me. She flatters me; even though I don’t deserve it, I love it.
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She said she thought the Navy might change Bob, but fortunately it hadn’t; that he [underlined] still was particular [/underlined] about whom he chose for his friends – indicating that I, myself, was an all-right guy.
Bob wrote me that his Mother had fallen in love with me, & jokingly said I must have a way with the women, for them to feel like that even before they met me. Aren’t I self-centred?
Enough of that.
Last night I went to the movies here on the base & saw “Love Letters” – laid in Essex & London with Jennifer Jones (who won the academy award for her first picture “The Song of Bernadette”) and Joseph Cotton, & Ann Richards, a new actress just come to Hollywood from Australia. Was sort of mushy, & oozy with sugary-love, but was a nice treat. Now that I’ve seen (part of) England I have a greater appreciation for pictures with that setting. It involved war, murder, amnesia, & everything you might wish for. But a little on the “impossible” side.
To accomplish all those things I have written about, I must first find a place for myself in this world. I couldn’t possibly ask you to share with me what the world may dish out. There are likely to be many hard knocks, and rough sledding & at this moment all my ambitions are in the dream-stage. What the outcome will be, I haven’t the slightest way of knowing. Sometimes
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it takes years, decades, or a life-time for a writer’s work to become recognized. Of course there are other things I could do until I become a success, but would I be happy? Everything isn’t right now – I mean about security, etc. because I’d ask no girl to share a life with me until I had these things which are imperative. Some people say hard knocks make a couple happy, but I don’t see it ….
But I never knew how much I really missed you until 5,000 miles of ocean & land separated us. But life is like that. Darling, I’ll send the pix tomorrow if they arrive. Write often, because your letters are a joy to this old heart of mine. I’m so sleepy I can hardly hold the pen up. Thanks again for the nice letters & the photo. I’d better taxi out of here, & get some sleep. So I’ll be dreaming of you.
All my love
Always,
As Ever
“Heathcliffe”
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Letter to Cathie from Ford Killen
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Another long rambling letter describing his thoughts and feelings. Very pleased to receive her letters. Writes about films and their possible future. Writes about the United States and differences in spelling English and American. Continues with long ramblings on occurrences, activities and friends.
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1945-10-01
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Texas--San Antonio
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Reid, Kathryn
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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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[Unites States Army Air Forces crest]
Oct. 2, ‘45
San Antonio
Texas
My darling Cathie:
I am enclosing the pix I promised you. They’re not so hot, but it’s all I can do at the present. You’ll find explanations written on the reverse side of each.
Honey, this is not a letter, I want to get these photos off in this afternoon’s mail, so it’ll be on the plane leaving San Antonio at 4 p.m. I’ll write later. I wrote you an Air Mail epistle yesterday. You know what I’d like for a Christmas present (more than anything else) – a nice colored [sic] portrait of one Cathy (ie, I should spell it, forgive me) [indecipherable word]. I’m shopping around for you something. Don’t know what it’ll be, but I have an idea, & I’m not telling you. So for now
All my love
Always
As Ever
Heathcliffe
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Letter to Cathie from Ford Killen
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Writes that he was enclosing print he promised. Short letter as he wanted to get photographs off in afternoon post.
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F Killen
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1945-10-02
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1945-10-02
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United States
Texas--San Antonio
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eng
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One-page handwritten letter
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EKillenFReidKM451002
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Tricia Marshall