David Meanwell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Burma]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--London]]> 1941-09]]> This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln. ]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-09]]> H Cooper]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--London]]> England--Cromer]]> 1941-01]]> 1941-09]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944-09-12]]> 1945-04]]> 1978]]> Photograph 1 - a barrack room with many double bunks with lockers above; There are two airmen sitting on lower bunks and one standing. On the reverse 'Barrack Hut. Swift Current Sask, Canada, left to right Myself, Bill and Lucy, Sept 41'.
Photograph 2 - Hedley Madgett wearing unbuttoned tunic laying asleep in a bed. Equipment and clothes hanging from top bunks. An airman is sitting on a bunk bed to the left. On the reverse ' The sleeping beauty, September 1941'. ]]>
Hedley Robert Madgett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Saskatchewan--Swift Current]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--London]]> Saskatchewan]]> 1941-11-17]]> 1941-09]]>
J D Huson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-08]]> 1941-09]]> 1941-12]]> 1942-01]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-03]]> 1942-04]]> 1942-05]]> 1942-06]]> 1942-07]]> 1942-08]]> 1942-09]]> 1942-10]]> 1942-11]]> Keith Dexter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> 1941-09]]> Keith Dexter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Devon]]> 1941-09]]>
They go to the zoo for their meals ('lot of monkeys').

Will on be at the current establishment for two more weeks and having a series of medical and other tests for selection as aircrew. Will then go on to Initial Training Wing.]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1941-09]]>

There have been all kinds of tests, drills, lectures, PT and next week they will have vaccinations etc. He's not sure he will pass the maths and may have to stay there to retake it - would rather do this than fail at the Initial Training Wing. Describes Preselection being before a Psychological Board of WAAFs.

Has now got his uniform - which is a bit hot. Finding the food disappointing, although it is getting slightly better. So many officers in West End that saluting them makes your arm ache.

London doesn't seem to be altered - especially during the day, but at night everyone is on alert and the tube shelters are full.

Not sure where he will be posted to. Gets a good reaction to his uniform in London - 'we're getting some of the glory for the Battle of Britain'.]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1941-09]]>

Catches up with family and farm news as well as his daily activities.

Gives new address at the end (but only for a week). Has passed his exams and will be posted to Initial Training Wing soon.]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christain]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1941-09]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1941-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Training Command]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Port Albert]]> 1941-09]]> 1941-11]]> 1941-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Training Command]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Port Albert]]> 1941-09]]> It is annotated '35 Sqdn . Linton. Sept. 1941'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Rutland]]> 1941-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> 1941-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-09]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Grimsby]]> England--Chester]]> Scotland--Perth]]> 1941-02-23]]> 1941-09]]> 1941-09-16]]> 1943-08-02]]> 1944-04-01]]> 1941-08-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany]]> 1942-01-06]]> 1942-11-20]]> 1941-09]]> Top right - view across open ground of two, two storey buildings. Captioned 'Penhold 1941'.
Bottom left - view of four Oxford aircraft parked across hardstanding with hangar on right and control tower on left. Captioned 'Penhold, Sept'.

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IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Red Deer Region]]> Alberta]]> 1941-09]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-09]]> ]]> The second page has Wing Commander Townsend, wearing dark glasses with a colleague and his mascot dog, Kim; a sketch of Wing Commander Townsend drawn by Capitan Cuthbert Orde and Wing Commander Guy Gibson and 18 fellow Dam Buster colleagues having collected their honours from the Queen Consort.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1941-09]]> 1943-05-16]]> 1943-05-17]]>