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Layne, Wally
Walter Henry Layne
W H Layne
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-06-07
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Layne, WH
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100 items. The collection concerns Walter 'Wally' Layne (b. 1916, 963012, 40348 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, prisoner of war diary, personal and official correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 97 Squadron and became a prisoner of war after being shot down.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by D Layne and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Wally Layne's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
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One booklet
Language
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eng
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
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LLayneWH963102v1
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Contributor
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Mike Connock
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
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Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Atlantic Ocean--English Channel
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
Czech Republic--Plzeň
Denmark--Copenhagen
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Nottinghamshire
England--Rutland
England--Yorkshire
France--Brest
France--Dunkerque
France--Lorient
France--Saint-Nazaire
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Essen
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Germany--Hannover
Germany--Helgoland
Germany--Karlsruhe
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Leverkusen
Germany--Mannheim
Germany--Mönchengladbach
Germany--Munich
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Peenemünde
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Germany--Wuppertal
Italy--La Spezia
Italy--Milan
Italy--Turin
Netherlands--Amsterdam
Norway--Oslo
Wales--Gwynedd
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
Temporal Coverage
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1940
1941
1942
1943
1941-07-06
1941-07-07
1941-07-08
1941-07-09
1941-07-12
1941-07-13
1941-07-17
1941-07-18
1941-07-20
1941-07-21
1941-07-24
1941-07-28
1941-07-29
1941-08-06
1941-08-07
1941-08-16
1941-08-17
1941-08-18
1941-09-02
1941-09-03
1941-09-06
1941-09-07
1941-09-20
1941-09-21
1941-09-29
1941-09-30
1941-10-10
1941-10-13
1941-10-20
1941-10-21
1941-10-23
1941-10-29
1941-10-30
1941-10-31
1941-11-08
1941-11-09
1942-01-02
1942-01-03
1942-01-10
1942-01-11
1942-01-14
1942-01-15
1942-02-06
1942-02-24
1942-02-25
1942-02-26
1942-02-27
1942-02-28
1942-03-09
1942-03-10
1942-03-11
1942-03-13
1942-03-23
1942-03-24
1943-04-02
1943-04-03
1943-04-04
1943-04-05
1943-04-08
1943-04-09
1943-04-10
1943-04-13
1943-04-14
1943-05-12
1943-05-13
1943-05-14
1943-05-23
1943-05-24
1943-05-25
1943-05-26
1943-05-29
1943-05-30
1943-06-28
1943-06-29
1943-07-08
1943-07-09
1943-07-12
1943-07-13
1943-07-24
1943-07-25
1943-07-26
1943-08-10
1943-08-11
1943-08-12
1943-08-13
1943-08-17
1943-08-18
1943-08-22
1943-08-23
1943-08-27
1943-08-28
1943-08-31
1943-09-01
1943-09-03
1943-09-04
1943-09-05
1943-09-06
1943-09-07
1943-09-22
1943-09-23
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Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for Walter Henry lane, wireless operator/air gunner, covering the period from 19 October 1940 to 23 September 1943, when he was shot down and became a prisoner of war. He was stationed at RAF Penrhos, RAF Cottesmore, RAF Lindholme, RAF Swinderby, RAF Skellingthorpe, RAF Waddington, RAF Winthorpe, RAF Woodhall and RAF Bourn. Aircraft flown in were Dominie, Whitley, Battle, Anson, Hampden, Manchester, and Lancaster. He flew total of 63 operations 36 with 50 Squadron and 27 with 97 Squadron. Targets were Brest, Hamm, Bremen, Cologne, Keil, Karlsruhe, Copenhagen, Oslo, Berlin, Hamburg, Dunkirk, Amsterdam, Essen, St Nazaire, Wilhelmshaven, Heligoland, Lorient, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Spezia, Pilsen, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Wuppertal, Turin, Nuremberg, Milan, Peenemunde, Leverkusen, Mönchengladbach, Mannheim, Munich, and Hannover. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Fox, Sergeant Mudd, Pilot Officer Carter, Squadron Leader Mulford, Pilot Officer Helmore, Pilot Officer Bartley, Sergeant Flight Sergeant Lord and Flying officer Fletcher DFM.
14 OTU
1661 HCU
50 Squadron
97 Squadron
air sea rescue
aircrew
Anson
Battle
bombing
Bombing and Gunnery School
bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943)
Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943)
crash
Dominie
Gneisenau
Hampden
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Lancaster Mk 1
Lancaster Mk 3
Manchester
mine laying
missing in action
Operational Training Unit
prisoner of war
RAF Bourn
RAF Cottesmore
RAF Lindholme
RAF Penrhos
RAF Skellingthorpe
RAF Swinderby
RAF Waddington
RAF Winthorpe
RAF Woodhall Spa
RAF Yatesbury
Scharnhorst
shot down
target indicator
training
Whitley
wireless operator
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Hudson, Douglas
James Douglas Hudson
J D Hudson
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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
Date
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2015-06-16
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Hudson, JD
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Royal Air Force. 755052. Sgt. J. D. Hudson.
c/o. Consul Général des Etats Unis.
Rue Michelet.
Alger. Algerie.
Afrique du Nord.
28-7-41
My Dear Mother & Dad,
The last time I wrote to you, that is four days ago, I acknowledged receipt of your letter written on July 6th enclosing the snaps taken of the “Old Lady & Old Gentleman” sitting in the rockery garden. A week yesterday I received your letter of July 8th also enclosing two snaps taken in the garden, & in my last two letters I told you just how pleased I was to have these photographs. They mean such a lot these days when we are so far apart. Now I am looking forward to the other photos you say will be soon on the way. According to the letters received recently I gather you are writing about twice a week so another letter should arrive anytime. I have not had any wire from you since yours of July 12th informing me that you did not receive a reply to your earlier pre-paid cable sent on June 30th. In my latest letters I said that I received all your pre-paid cables & sent a reply off to each. As I have not heard from you I am wondering if another reply has gone astray; I sincerely hope not because I was feeling so pleased that we were in such quick communication. Anyway I can assure you that I am
[page break]
[underlined] 2. [/underlined]
still keeping well, but should be a lot happier if I was back in Old England once again. It has been very hot during the last few days, more oppressive than before. The air has been heavy in spite of the wind & this afternoon for about 5 minutes we had thunder rain. The first rain for five or six weeks, but everything is dry again immediately. This afternoon we had a visitor, a young lady we all knew at Médéa, & she said “Doug you have gone sunburned” & was surprised when I told her I did no sunbathing apart from the walk. Having overcome at Le Kef. the initial sunburn trials I find my skin takes it very well, for me a little sun goes a long way in browning. In my letters nowadays I am practically reduced to the same platitudes, ie, the weather & the sunburning, wish I could tell you just what I do wish, but I prefer all my letters to get home than be destroyed by the censor en route. Letters received regularly, if not very interesting, are of great mental healing value these days. I am still making rice puddings (of a kind). We find rice is good for the inside & during these hot spells one has to be exceedingly careful. Here one peels plums, & always spits out grape skins, because fruit can be dangerous as well as beneficial. We are running a Ludo competition tonight & tomorrow. It is a knock out affair, & Tony & I have just qualified for the second round. This used to be a very popular
[page break]
[underlined] 3. [/underlined]
game in the Sgts’. Mess in England, in fact it was quite a pastime in the olden days. One of which I did not think I should partake in North Africa. I find it very difficult to know what to say when I have not a letter from you to acknowledge. I explained in my last few letters that I was addressing all my correspondence now c/o. The Consul in Algiers. I think that is a safe address for mail to be forwarded to. Here I often think of the times in England when we used to examine the sky & wonder if the weather would be fit for our Saturday or Sunday, or may be evening motor cycle trips. Here the sun shines practically 14 hours every day uninterruptedly & we have to crawl away from it because it gets too hot. It reminds me very much of the uneven distribution of so many things in this world. Did I mention before that when reading a geographical book we have here I came across a table showing the mean annual temperatures as well & I was surprised to learn that in Gt. Britain the average temperature was 50o F. North Africa 70o F & all Equatorial Regions 80o F. I did not think the difference between here & the Equator was less by half than between here & England. We find it hotter now than when we arrived last August but we have got far more accustomed to it. Aumale does not lie very far from the desert, & I believe
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[underlined] 4. [/underlined]
that South of here there is little cultivation. In fact the region around here is extremely barren in several places, & one sees quite a number of camels about. The camel is a most supercilious looking animal. Some of these around here are filthy dirty, others are quite clean & look more or less wholesome. This is a difficult time of the year for cattle because the grass is all burnt – not a blade of green anywhere. If you ever come here for a holiday make it during May – then the weather is beautiful English summer, & the country side is most verdant. But why come here for a holiday ever. I’ll tell you all about what it has been my fortune? to discover, & then we’ll let North Africa be a closed book. I wonder if E.W.7 has received any of my letters? Will you tell him I have written & send my love & wishes etc? I have not had any news from him for a long time now. Just in case this letter arrives in time for Dad’s birthday I send him every best wish. I have mentioned this in many letters now, so surely I can rely on some getting through in time. And now I will say good-night. It is getting quite dark [deleted] now [/deleted] at 8.30 pm. The clocks do not get put on here, & as we are 1 hour in advance of England (geographical [indecipherable word]) & you have 2 hours daylight now it will be 9.30. B.S.T. [deleted] now [/deleted], & I expect quite light. Hoping you are both fit, safe & well, All my love & best wishes as ever, Douglas.
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Letter from Douglas Hudson to his parents
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Catches up with mail and cables set and received, comments of frequency of letters sent from England and tries to deduce if any have gone astray. Comments on heat and weather in general. Mentions meeting a young lady he knew at previous camp and of sunbathing. Writes he cannot include much detail in his letters as he is concerned censors will destroy them and it is more important that arrive at both ends. Reminisces about life at home and make climate comparisons. Writes about camels and that lack of grass at that time of year make it difficult for cattle. Asks whether his letters to other recipients have arrived.
Date
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1941-07-28
Format
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Four page handwritten letter
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eng
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EHudsonJDHudsonP-HE410728
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Algeria
Algeria--Sūr al-Ghuzlān
Algeria--Algiers
North Africa
Temporal Coverage
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1941-07-28
Creator
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James Douglas Hudson
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
prisoner of war
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Valentine, John
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
J R M Valentine
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674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2018-09-06
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Valentine, JRM
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July 28th
Cecil Hotel
Simla
My Dear John
Tomorrow is our wedding anniversary and we shall have been married 31years. You & Ursula have started the right way & the best I can wish you is that you may live to spend 31 years as happy as ours has been, and as delightful & satisfactory a family as we have to show for our life together.
It was delightful to get your letter yesterday, it was written from Monkton saying thanks for your birthday parcel. I have forgotten what was in it, except the hankies. Was it a navy blue pullover? I am sorry it was too late for your birthday I posted it on Feb 5th so it should have been.
It was lovely for you and Ursula to have that delightful time together at Monkton & quite apart from the happiness of being with you the fresh air by the sea, the absence of raids, the good food etc. must have done her & Frances a lot of good.
I am very anxious to know where you are now & what you are doing. You speak of flying. I am glad you are not air sick. It is one thing to sail smoothly along as I did coming to India but quite another to twist & turn about, diving & so on. It must be rather exiting. Tell me exactly what you do when you write again, have you actually piloted a plane alone or is it your job releasing the bombs? You see I am utterly ignorant about it all. I can only say that I am burstingly proud to have a son in law in the R.A.F.. & may God bless you and keep you safe.
Isn’t it wonderful considering the distance & uncertainty involved of posts? I have had a wire today with “many happy” wishes from you all, an airmail post card from Ba & a book called “Green Glory” from Barbara all arriving on the 28th. Our mail does not get in till afternoons it was much nicer that they arrived today.
You will have heard from Ursula that we are to stay here till Feb 1943 instead of next Feb. I am rather undecided what I feel about the new arrangements. I long to get back to my family and new Granddaughter I long to see dear old London again, but the complement of keeping my husband 4 years after his age limit is reached is not to be overlooked. Also he is so happy working in his present job, & is in no hurry to sit down as a worn out old man. We are very happy in Delhi & we have such a lovely bungalow & garden, can run a car, & generally enjoy life, so I am pulled both ways. The one consolation is that by law no man may work in Delhi (in Government service) after the age of 60, unless a special bye-law is passed & as A.C.G. will be 60 in Feb 1943 they are not likely to pass a bye-law for him!
By that time war will be over without a doubt & we can then come & help re-build our shattered homeland. Germany is crumbling at the centre. Japan has made a mistake & looks like having to tighten her belt. Russian soldiers and equipment are holding on for the present & helping to delay the Germans in their plans against England. The mills of God are grinding slowly but they grind exceedingly small, & I believe the whole Nazi crowd is going into the mincer. I’d like to turn the handle!
Ursula sent me the snaps of Frances & although my husband laughs at me, I still say that Frances is like Ursula at that ager except for her ginger hair. Ursula’s was black. The Griffins are a ginger headed crowd so that explains Frances!
It is awfully hard to be so faraway from her especially as she is our first Grandchild. I thought I should feel ancient when I was a grandmother but I think I feel even younger than when I left home on that cold foggy snowy night 18 months ago. Wasn’t it a scream at Victoria & wasn’t the Drambuie nice? I’ve a bottle in No 5 Tughlak Rd ready for Christmas. We have that house for the remainder of our stay in India now. Good luck Johnnie dear & may you soon be back for good with your wife & daughter with the war over!
Much love Gertrude Griffin
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Letter to John Valentine from his mother in law
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Written from India. Mentions it is her wedding anniversary and hope John and her daughter will have similar length happy marriage. Catches up with family news and asks after his current and future in flying. Writes of their future plans and staying in India, Provide views on war progress. Mentions that Ursula had sent photographs of their daughter Frances and comments on Griffin family being ginger.
Creator
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G Griffin
Date
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1941-07-28
Format
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Four page handwritten letter
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eng
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SValentineJRM1251404v20028-02
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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India
India--Simla
Temporal Coverage
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1941-07-28
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IBCC Digital Archive
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love and romance
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Valentine, John
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
J R M Valentine
Description
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674 Items. Collection concerns navigator Warrant Officer J R McKenzie Valentine (1251404 Royal Air Force). The collection contains over 600 letters between JRM Valentine and his wife Ursula. It also contains his log book, family/official documents, a book of violin music studies and other correspondence. Sub-collections contain family photographs, prisoner of war photographs and a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of events from 1942 to 1945.
He joined 49 Squadron in April 1942 and flew 10 operations on Hampdens. The squadron converted to Manchester in May when he completed two further operations. His aircraft was shot down on the Thousand Bomber raid of 30/31 May 1942. Five crew, including him bailed out successfully and became prisoners of war. The pilot and one air gunner were killed when the aircraft rolled over and crashed.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frances Zagni and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2018-09-06
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Valentine, JRM
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Lido Monday 28 July
Darlingest, I'm afraid this will be a short letter, it's 9.30 already & I'm pretty tired. Barbara & I did a large wash this morning including curtains from drawing room, nursery, kitchen & lavatory, & this afternoon I had an interminable session at the Food Office trying to get addresses altered on ration cards, getting Barbara re-registered & all the rest. What an exasperating business it is! My new ration books still haven't come but they wouldn't issue an emergency card so early in the week in case it came after all & I might get a double helping all round, so that
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probably means another hour's queuing on Friday or Saturday. I have also got down to the question of a Savings Group, got particulars from the Town Hall & have been going round this evening roping people in. They have all contributed except Mr Moss who is apparently more or less on the rocks & living on his capital anyway, his business having been so badly hit. The Evans weren't at home, & I'm going to try one or two houses further up the road as well, but so far I've got just over 30/- a week accounted for, which I suppose is not bad. When
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everybody is roped in I have to write up & get the Group affiliated & they advance me stamps & books & stationery & all the rest & then off we go. I'm so glad that I shall be able to do at least this little something to help the war effort.
I didn't have Frances weighed today as I only went to the Food office & left her behind in the garden with Barbara. But I hope to take her tomorrow. She is still as good & adorable as ever. Now I must hustle off to bed. Last night I didn't bother to black
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out much, so of course we had a raid; this evening I've blacked out thoroughly, & let's hope it has the opposite effect. Goodnight sweetheart, I love you so much. Tuesday
No raid last night & this morning – wonder of wonders! - I actually got a reply to my advertisement (your advertisement). While I was bathing Frances who should arrive but Mrs Somerville, apparently straight from heaven, our answer to prayers etc. she's 40-50ish & very clean & respectable looking, has been years & years with one family who have now left London & is coming to me Mondays, Weds, & Fridays for 3 hours or maybe 4 in the mornings. In fact just exactly
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what I wanted. If she turns out to be able to work at all it will be marvellous. Bridget is coming this pm & Thursday pm & Mrs Somerville is then starting next week, Mon. Wed. & Fri. I also have Mrs Hazards's woman, so with all that I ought to be able to get the spring cleaning done, & then we shall be able to go ahead with Mrs Somerville on routine cleaning. I DO so hope she turns out to be satisfactory. She lives at Kingbury & has to come by 83 bus.
I am sending you
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1oz of Cut Golden Bar & some vegetable laxative pills. There is no New Statesman this week, as you apparently have to give 10 days notice to get it. I'm longing to get your first letter from Jurby. Someone told me that butter is available ad lib over there & also that the Isle of Man is technically not at war. Is that so? With lots & lots of love Ursula.
PS I've taken the film for D&P but it will take 2-3 weeks.
PPS Send me your socks & any extra hankies. I'll boil them later along with the nappies & they are no trouble.
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Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Description
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Writes of days activities including issues with ration cards. Mentions organising savings group and other activities and catches up with baby news. Mentions blackout. Writes that she has had a reply to advertisement and home help has appeared. Talks of future plans. that she is sending him parcel. Concludes with comment that butter is available on the Isle of Mann and that it is technically not at war.
Date
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1941-07-28
Format
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Six page handwritten letter
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eng
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EValentineUMValentineJRM410728
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man
England--London
Temporal Coverage
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1941-07-28
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Ursula Valentine
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military service conditions
training
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Raettig, Dennis
Dennis William Raettig
Dennis W Raettig
D W Raettig
D Raettig
Description
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72 items. The collection concerns the wartime service of Leading Aircraftman Dennis William Raettig (b. 1920, 1136657 Royal Air Force). Joining the Royal Air Force reserve in 1941 he trained as a flight mechanic (Engines) before being posted to 104 Squadron (Wellingtons) at RAF Driffield. This squadron number was later changed to 158 Squadron flying Halifax at RAF East Moor, followed by moves to RAF Rufford and Lisset. The collection consists of a memoir, correspondence with family and acquaintances, family history, service and personal documentation, lucky charms,personal items, cap, boots, squadron tie, research on bombing in Hull as well as photographs of air and ground crew and aircraft. It also includes an oral history interview with Joan Raettig (Dennis Raettig's wife).
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Sue Burn and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-06-23
2016-07-08
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Raettig, DW
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[front of envelope]
[postage stamps]
[post mark]
MR. D.W. RAETTIG
RAEVILLE
BEVERLEY ROAD.
ANLABY
E. YORKS.
ENGLAND.
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[inserted] Thanks for congratulations received when we got back from Suez [/inserted]
[underlined] 90 Worms & Co [/underlined]
[underlined] July 27th 1941 [/underlined]
My Dear Dennis
Are you getting those Airgraph letters Daddy is sending to you, they ought only to take 10 or 15 days to reach you. I am not able to write anything in those because they are for the Services only so I will have to write these letters on my own. I expect you will have left Blackpool by now & we are wondering where you are. Jack said in his last letter that he might be coming out this way so we are wondering if he has got started off. Also we would very much like to know what ship Max is on. We have been having a bit of a tough time here lately. Most of the women & children either have or are evacuating Mrs Snowden & Mrs Frood decided they would go they went on the ship in the morning & at night while the ship was still in the bay the Jerrys came over and dropped two bombs on the ship & the women & children were trapped in the blazing saloon. Mrs Snowden is badly burned & Mrs Frood is burned on her arms & chest & badly shocked but both are getting on nicely. I ought to have been with them but Daddy and I decided we would try and stay together as long as possible. He had a letter from Marion Barber the other day saying she had only heard from Don twice since Christmas & had we heard from him well we have only had the one letter and he gave us to understand that he doesn’t like writing however we will try & get in touch with him again & remind him that he has got some folk at home. Marion says they had there [sic] windows blown out & that there isn’t much shopping centre left in Hull. I heard that there was another bad raid last week & it was feared many people killed. I expect [one indecipherable word] will have to open out else where I think they would be insured alright. I wonder if that offer for Wilberforce St was accepted it wouldn’t be for much I expect. I am glad you managed to get Bladons paid off before you left. By the way did you arrange about Daddys big insurance & the trinity House. I am glad you
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insured the house, is it covered against war damage now. You say you wire Don Barber to write to Daddy well when he wrote to us he thanked us for the wire & we couldn’t make out what he meant as we hadn’t sent him a wire, so it would be your wire he would mean. Yes you did tell us that you had been vacinated [sic] & innoculated, [sic] Daddy & I too have been done, the first innoculation [sic] made me feel groggy for 24 hours but I was alright for the others. Daddy is busy playing bridge with some of the passengers & it is time for a drink of whisky so this is where I join in. Well I have brought my drink here so that I can still write to you. I am so glad you have been able to go & see Mrs Johnson especially at the first place you had to go to, you will be more used to being amongst strangers at the next move you make. Marion said Uncle Fred looked much better than she expected. My goodness Dennis Daddy & I are delighted with the photos you have sent us, the one of you & Jack & then this one of you & Marjorie. When I showed the folks the one of you & Marjorie they said my word your son is a very good judge he knows how to choose a girl friend, & say are there any more at Hull like that. It would be a very nice break for you Marjorie coming to Blackpool, how did she manage to pass her time while you were on duty. Goodness you don’t seem to have much time to yourself if you get up at 6.30 & don’t go to bed till 11 at night that makes the days too long. Yes I heard about the raid on Belfast in April. I sent Uncle Don a cable & he sent me one back saying they were O.K but I think they have had more raids since then. No it isn’t very nice being in lodgings with someone else they take your money but they don’t want the bother of you. I wonder what those Blackpool landladys [sic] would do for a living just now if it wasn’t for you boys. Did you get tired of your ‘tash’. Daddy has got a new dog a spaniel but I don’t like her so much as Mick though she is pretty to look at. This is all for this time write & let me have all the news.
Much Love
[underlined] Mother [/underlined]
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Letter to Dennis Raettig from his mother
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Senders address is care of Worms and Company (shipping agents). Asks whether Dennis Raettig has been receiving mail from his father and relates family news. Comments that most women and children have been evacuated. Tells story of two women acquaintances who were burned after a bombing attack by the Germans on their ships. Notes that she and his father have decided not to evacuate and relates their day to day experiences. Writes about other people and notes that some have told he about damage in bombing of Hull. Mentions that they both have had inoculations and thanks him for the photographs he sent.
Creator
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Mrs Raettig
Date
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1941-07-28
Format
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Two page handwritten document with envelope
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eng
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ERaettigDRaettigDW410727
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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Egypt
Egypt--Suez
England
England--Yorkshire
England--Hull
North Africa
Great Britain
Great Britain
Temporal Coverage
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1941-07-28
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Pending review
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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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IBCC Digital Archive
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Alan Pinchbeck
David Bloomfield
bombing
evacuation