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Palmer, Robert Anthony Maurice
R A M Palmer
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-10-30
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Palmer, RAM
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38 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Robert AM Palmer VC, DFC and Bar (115772, Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, photographs, fact sheets, newspaper cuttings, documents, correspondence and a substancial history of his last operation. <br /><br />He flew one hundred and eleven operations as a pilot with 75, 149 and 109 Squadrons and was killed 23 December 1944 when leading a daylight operation as an Oboe marker.<br /><br />The collection also contains 51 items in a <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2178">Photograph album</a>.<br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Penny Palmer and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Robert AM Palmer is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/221528/">IBCC Losses Database</a>
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[missing letters]LEPHONE NO.: GERRARD 9234
TRUNK CALLS AND TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS } “AIR MINISTRY,” LONDON
AIR MINISTRY
(Casualty Branch)
73-77 OXFORD STREET
LONDON, W.1
P.426714/1/P.4.A.2.
27 September, 1945.
Sir,
I am commanded by the Air Council to refer to the letter addressed to you on 13 June, and to the subsequent telegram, and to express to you the very great regret with which they learned that your son, Acting Squadron Leader Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer, V.C., D.F.C., Royal Air Force, is now known to have lost his life as the result of the air operations on 23rd December, 1944.
A report now received, from U. S. army authorities confirms the information already furnished by the repatriated member of the crew of the aircraft in which your son was flying, that the six other members of the crew lost their lives and were buried in the cemetery at Hoffnungsthal, approximately ten miles east
/of
A. Palmer, Esq.,
52, Bellman Avenue,
Gravesend,
Kent.
[page break]
of Cologne. The report adds that their graves are 14-19 in Row B.
The Air Council desire me to convey to you their profound sympathy in your bereavement, and to say how deeply they deplore the loss of this gallant officer.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Charles Evans
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Letter to Robert Palmer's father from the air ministry casualty branch
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The Air Council had learned that his son Acting Squadron Leader Robert Antony Maurice Palmer VC DFC RAF was now known to have lost his life as a result of air operations on 24 December 1944. According to information from one surviving crew, the other six members of the crew lost their lives.
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C Evans
Date
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1945-09-27
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1945-09-27
1944-12-24
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Great Britain
England--London
England--Kent
Germany
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Wahner Heide
England--Gravesend (Kent)
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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Text
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Two page typewritten letter
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SPalmerRAM115772v10008
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Frances Grundy
aircrew
bombing
Distinguished Flying Cross
final resting place
killed in action
pilot
Victoria Cross
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Dayman, Clifford
C Dayman
Description
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Five items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Clifford Dayman (1818522, Royal Air Force). He started aircrew training as a wireless operator in early 1944 and was converting to Lancaster as the war ended. Collection contains his log book and documents.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Colin Dayman and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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2021-08-21
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Dayman, C
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A.T.S and V.A.D. Release book
Description
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Contains details of Private Doreen Dayman date stamped 2 August 1945 and includes testimonial.
Date
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1945-08-02
1945-09-27
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1945-08-02
1945-09-27
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Northamptonshire
Coverage
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British Army
Language
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eng
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Text. Service material
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Printed booklet with handwritten entries
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MDaymanC1818522-210821-03
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Kell, John
J A Kell
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-04-23
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Kell, JA
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Two items. The collection concerns John Kell and contains his log book and a photograph. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force and completed his training in the USA. He flew operations as a pilot with 101 Squadron.
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John A Kell’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for pilots
Description
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Pilot’s log book for J A Kell covering the period from 4 May 1942 to 2 October 1946. Detailing his flying training and operations flown, including assessment certificates and course syllabus. Notes include references to a 1000 bomber operation, sight of a Lancaster being shot down, repatriating POWs. He was stationed at Belfast (Queens University Air Sqdn), RAF Cambridge (22 EFTS), Miami, Oklahoma, USA (3 BFTS), RAF Wolverhampton (28 EFTS), RAF Dallachy (14 (P)AFU), RAF Errol (1544 BAT Flt), RAF Lossiemouth (20 OTU), RAF Blyton (1662 HCU), RAF Ludford Magna (101 Sqdn), RAF Shawbury (EANS). Aircraft flown in were Tutor, DH 82, PT19, Harvard, Oxford, Wellington, Lancaster, York, Halifax. He flew 9 operations (two night-time, seven daylight) with 101 Squadron. Targets were Dessau, Kassel, Essen, Dortmund, Paderborn, Hamburg, Heligoland, Bremen, Berchtesgaden. He also flew Operation Manna, described as 'Spam dropping', Operation Exodus and Operation Dodge flights. One Cook's Tour flight was made, described as Continental SS XC (sight seeing cross country).
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Mike French
Callum Davies
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One booklet
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
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LKellJA[Ser%23-DoB]v1
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Germany
Great Britain
United States
England--Cambridgeshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--West Midlands
Germany--Berchtesgaden
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Dessau (Dessau)
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Essen
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Helgoland
Germany--Kassel
Germany--Paderborn
Scotland--Grampian
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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1942
1943
1944
1945
1945-03-07
1945-03-08
1945-03-11
1945-03-12
1945-03-27
1945-03-31
1945-04-18
1945-04-22
1945-04-25
1945-05-01
1945-05-02
1945-05-07
1945-05-09
1945-07-03
1945-07-05
1945-08-02
1945-08-04
1945-09-07
1945-09-10
1945-09-21
1945-09-27
1946
101 Squadron
1662 HCU
20 OTU
Advanced Flying Unit
aircrew
bombing
bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945)
Cook’s tour
Flying Training School
Halifax
Harvard
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Operation Dodge (1945)
Operation Exodus (1945)
Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945)
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
RAF Blyton
RAF Dallachy
RAF Lossiemouth
RAF Ludford Magna
RAF Shawbury
Tiger Moth
training
Wellington
York
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Newton, Jack Lamport
J L Newton
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-07-15
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Newton, JL
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83 items. Collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Jack Newton (742570 Royal Air Force) who was a Sergeant air gunner on Wellington of 12 Squadron. His aircraft was landed on fire at a German occupied airfield in Antwerp in August 1941. He was the first airman to escape back to England via the Comète escape line. The rest of his crew were captured and made prisoners of war. The collection contains accounts of his escape, letters of research from Belgium helper, other official correspondence from the Red Cross and the Royal Air Force, photographs of places and people, newspaper cuttings propaganda leaflets and maps of airfield and escape route. In addition there is an interview with Jack Newton about his experiences in the wartime RAF.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jackie Bradford and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Roy B. LANGLOIS
6, Pall Mall
London S.W.1
Liège
27th September 1945.
[signature]
My dear Roy,
May be you did not receive my two last letters and I am sending this one to London. I am no more at the airfield since the capitulation of Japan and it is doubtful that the new outfit occupying the strip will send over the letters to me. My civilian address is 195 rue de Campine Liège.
I am afraid to bother you with all these things belonging to the past, but I have been doing my best to clear the situation of my men and I want to show to their families that I do not drop them. It is very difficult to find out the chain as we nearly all have been arrested during the occupation and many have died, leaving their relatives without the names of the people they contacted.
Since you wrote to me in your first and last letter I immediately tried to ask your questions and it is only yesterday that I had an answer from the home of Jean Vandenhove who was sheltering you 66 rue Washington, Brussels and was arrested on 2nd October 1941. He remained till July 1942 in the prison of St Gilles, cell 174. From there he was transferred to the prison of Essen (Germany) where he was to be sentenced. Somebody said he got eight years of hard labor [sic] but his two comrades sentenced at the same time were obliged to carry him out of the court as he had been tortured and he died two days later. I got this information from his father, Mr Vandenhove, 23 rue GRISAR, Bruxelles. (Anderlecht).
The brother of Jean Vanderhove and his wife had a narrow escape. His name is Freddy. He hid himself for some time and escaped with his wife in 1942. He arrived later in Belgian Congo and is still there. So that I do not know yet how you arrived there.
Jean Vandehove’s father, to whom I gave your address, will probably send to you a friend of his living in England, in order to get a statement from you that his son actually helped you because up to now, nobody seems to know that he was arrested for a patriotic deed.
So many people have been arrested by the Germans and claim now that they belonged to the service, that the “Suete de l’Etat” has been obliged to make thorough inquiries because they realised that many gangsters, working for their own, and attacking for instance post offices to get money, were trying to pass as victims of their patriotism.
In the case of Vanderhove, there is no doubt he was a “pure” as we say, but I have not been able up to now to link him to our crew as I need the name and address of the man who contact him. The agents had friends who were not [indecipherable word] and who were helping. If the agent died, nobody knew what the others had done. So that I should like that you notify officially that he actually helped you.
Here is now a summary of what I know. Copley helped me a lot because he recalled some names but he did not spell them properly. However he gave me the address of Vanderhove. The house was closed and that is why it took so much time.
You landed with a Wellington W. 5423 G, on the 6th of August 1941 at 2.10 A.m. on the aerodrome of DEURNE (outskirts of Antwerp), after a mission in the neighbourhood of Achen.
You set fire to the aircraft and climbed the fence surrounding the airfield. There was a tremendous panic among the Germans and that is why you escaped. You will hear about that another day. The crew of six was split into two parties. Yourself, Newton and Copley walked all night in circles and the three others went in the direction of Ostende where they were contacted by an officer of the navy Ct. Commander W. Grison, Royal Navy, Quai Ortéliuse, Antwerp. Next morning you were contacted by a man on the road. You hid in a wheat field all day and were supplied with food and cigarettes. In the evening taken to a farm, given civilian clothes and taken by a lady to the house of Mr. DUQUENNE, 146 Avenue de Belgique Antwerp. Slept night there and travelled to Liège under the guidance of Miss Raymonda TROQUET 32, QUAI ORBAN LIÈGE. She delivered you to the old Doctor DEBIE, Rue de la Station, CHENEE Liège He has died since. You stayed some days in that house from which parcels were dispatched to P.W. in Germany
[page break]
There you had the visit of CHEVALIER A.G. PASTEGER, living in “LE BERCAIL” Embourg LIÈGE May be you recall him well. He belonged to the Royal Flying Corp during the war 14 – 18 and was manager of the rubber and tyre factory Englebert in Achen before the war. You had just bombed that factory during your mission and it is one of the funny angles of the story. He talked with you something like two hours and as my friend Pierre HACHA, Inginieus OUGREE-MARIHAYE, (Prov. De LIÈGE) was there also, they decided to find another shelter. HACHA took you to the home of his sister, married to Professeur à l’Universtie HENRY DE RYCKER, EMBOURG par CHENEE LIÈGE. You went there with HACHA and DE RYCKE took Newton and Copley. You stayed three days there and listened so a speech of H.M the Queen of England at the B.B.C. on the first night there. As they were afraid that their children notice something and speak, you went to the house of Mr. FRANÇOIS, BOIS LE COMTE, GOMZÉ ANDOUMONT (Prov de LIÈGE).
In the meantime Hacha was trying to contact a crew for your evacuation. One of my indicators, Mrs. HENRY MASSON, 34 Quai Mativa, LIÈGE came to see me and I told her that I would do the necessary. I was belonging to the service known at the War Office under the name of “BEAVOR-BATON”. I contacted my chief and went to see you.
Doctor Genges Gilles, rue des Guillemins Liège, who has been shot since, looked for a shelter for you, together with FERNANCE CARLIER, 48 rue Albert DE CUYCK, Liège (he died in the concentration camp of SONNENBURG, June 1944) and found a house at Mr. and Mrs VANDEWEERDT, rue Albert de Cuyck, Liège. Both of them have been killed in 1944.
We came down town together, crossed the bridge on the river Meuse on 14th August 1941 6.30 P.M. and contacted PAUL DONEUX, 30 rue Louis JAMME, LIÈGE (He died in October 1944 for the service). At that time we were on the Boulevard along the river. I was walking under the rain in front of you and was bothered to see that Doneux was not alone. I passed by him and the other man, who was Vanderweerdt, told me to stop and said: “what have you done [missing words] that the Germans had [missing words] papers of the three airmen who crashed and killed the [indecipherable word] at the harbor [sic] of Liège and may try to find out the service of evacuation. I will not take them at home. Everything will collapse. Where are the men now?” Twenty yards behind us I said, but I am sure they are British. I cannot trust you he said and I go away. Doneaux, who was his brother in law, trusted me but was at a loss because we had not shelter available at that very moment. Let them come at my home, I said. Doneux refused, specially when having walked a little in the direct of my home we saw two German Officers waiting at the corner of the street. It is not safe there. [indecipherable word] luck and go to a hotel. So you were taken at the Hotel de Provence owned at that time by EUGENE DEMEURE, presently living RU ROSLEAU, 12 Liège. Then you were asked a lot of questions and they realised that I had not been wrong by telling you were British. From there you were split again You went to Mr. Jean HUFKENS home Place St. Paul in Liège, Newton was sheltered at Mr RENÉ DEBAITS, rue du Coq, 82 Liège and COPLEY at Mr. Arnaud LOVENFOSSE RUE DU LAVEU 732 Liège. All three were arrested later. Hufkens came back from Buchenwalde Lovenfosse passed two years in Orianburg and Debacts died there.
You stayed about a fourtnight [sic] in Liège and were visited by the chief of the service Beaver-Baton, Mr. Nicolas MONAMI (nickname Gilbe), he conferred to another member of our crew, Commissaire LOUIS RADEMECKER, rue Auguste DONNAY 47 Liège, who sent you three to Brussels. Louis RADEMECKER has been shot also and from here, I am in the dark because nobody up to now can give me the further link. Where did you stay during the month of September I do not know. Newton separated from you arrived and had a lot of difficulties at his arrival. You two with Copley and the three others who had come back from Ostende were arrested. Monami, living presently rue de Campine 232 Liège went to England, was parachuted in June 1942, betrayed, arrested at his landing and sent to Dachau. He came back but cannot explain. As to me I was also arrested, so that if I know something more in the future, I shall let you know.
I shall end by asking you if you can send a photo of you as a souvenir.
I am very much hoping to see you one of these days.
And remain your sincerely
[signature]
95 rue de Campine
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Letter from Emile Witmeur to Roy Langlois
Description
An account of the resource
Writes of his investigation into Belgian people involved in trying to help his crew escape after they had crashed in Belgium. He gives names and locations of those involved and notes that many had been arrested by the Germans. Gives detailed chronology of events starting with the crews escape after their Wellington crash landed and then links in the escape line. Notes that Jack Newton got home but two crew who had been with him were arrested.
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E V Witmeur
Date
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1945-09-27
Format
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EWitmeurEVLangloisRB450927
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Belgium
Belgium--Liège
Belgium--Antwerp
Great Britain
England--London
Temporal Coverage
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1945-09-27
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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Tricia Marshall
crash
escaping
evading
prisoner of war
Resistance
Wellington
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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
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2018-09-06
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Valentine, JRM
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Thursday 27th Felmersham
Darling Johnnie Do you remember that we saw an advert when you were here for the new series of WEA lectures, on the 19th Century at the Rectory here? The first one took place last night, and I organised Miss McLeod to listen for Frances while I went. It was very enjoyable indeed. The lecturer was a woman. Dr. Baker, by name, who spoke very well and informally. There were about 30 people there, I should think and every now & then we broke into discussion encouraged by the lecturer & altogether it was most interesting. The first lecture was more or less a survey of the state of the world in the 18th Century. There are to be 12 lectures in all, And I very much hope I shall be able to attend most of them. Miss McLeod declares herself quite willing to “listen” for Frances, so it all seems alright.
I went in Gerrards Cross this morning & banked £6 (£4 from last week, as I survived without spending anything except our fares home from Marston) So I shall easily be in a position to finance you this weekend. By the way I have designs on an old woolley vest of yours. I was going through your stock this morning & find you have 3 or 4 summer vests & pants & the same of winter ones, apart from what you have with you (or will you have to give any back?) Anyway the one I'm after is badly gone under both arms & between the shoulders, but the lower part will make a grand pair of winter pants for Frances which she urgently needs, so it looks as tho' you've had it as far as the vest is concerned! I dug up nearly all the potatoes yesterday & hope to finish them off this afternoon & I had a brainwave & stored them temporarily in the end rabbit hutches till they have dried off completely & can be put in sacks. There's quite a good crop, I think, & they look pretty sound to me.
Thanks for your letter of Tuesday. Pity the old oak fender was the wrong size, it sounds rather nice. By the way, don't forget to bring the plug for the bathroom bowl when you come. No sign from Mr Hatchett yet. Have told Mrs Evans we can't manage this weekend, so she said just let her know when you get your leave & she'll fix it up then. I hope she does, I like both of them very much & should like to cultivate their friendship. She was at the WEA meeting last night, so was Mrs Groom, the village schoolmaster's wife, Miss Pewley the District Nurse, the Plumbs, Joan Noye in the distance (I didn't see her to speak to) &sundry others I knew. Quite a party!
All my love to you darling, when you get this you should soon be on your way home to me, hurrah! Yours always, Ursula.
P.S. Dearest Johnnie, re meeting you this weekend: There is a fair on at St Peter's which Frances would love to go to if the weather is fine. I thought we could go early in the afternoon & meet you at the Pheasant instead of coming right out to the station (Amersham or Little Ch.) if you wouldn't mind just this once. That is, of course, if the weather is propitious, if not we'd come to the station. So would you come, in any case, to Little Chalfont. If the weather's bad, we'll meet you there, but if its not actually raining cats & dogs, or we don't show up, you catch the 335 at 4.33 pm (I don't expect you'd make the 3.33 would you?) & wait for us at the Pheasant in the bus shelter. We'll be there by 4.15 when you're due & then we can go home together or what you will. So if we're not at the station, wait for us at the Pheasant – OK?
Must dash off to the hairdresser now, & make myself beautiful (?) for your lordship. Thanks for your letter & one to small. All my love Ursula
PS The thing from Gamages has arrived
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Letter to John Valentine from his wife Ursula
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Writes of local historic group lecture and going to bank. Continues with domestic chat mentions gardening. Thanks him for his letter and mentions neighbour news. Adds postscript with plans for the weekend and announces she is off to hairdresser.
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1945-09-27
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Five page handwritten letter
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eng
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EValentineUMValentineJRM450927
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Buckinghamshire
England--Chalfont St. Giles
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1945-09-27
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Ursula Valentine
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Saunders, Sandy
Arthur Courtenay Saunders
Arthur C Saunders
Arthur Saunders
A C Saunders
A Saunders
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Seven items. The collection consists of a log book, an oral history interview and extensive medical records as well as photographs and a report. Dr Arthur Courtenay "Sandy" Saunders (1922-2017, 295329 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) received extensive burns after an aircraft crash in September 1945 and underwent experimental maxillo-facial surgery, as a member of the Guinea-pig Club.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Sandy Saunders and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-02-01
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Saunders, AC
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Sandy Saunders' medical records following aircraft crash
Maxillo-Facial Service
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Medical records for Sandy Saunders following the aircraft crash on 27 Sep 1945 where he sustained burns to his face, hands and legs. Included are proceedings from medical boards from Nov 1945-Feb 1947 and detailed notes from the Maxillo-Facial Unit, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead from April 1947, where his surgeon was Archibald McIndoe. Sandy Saunders was finally discharged from that unit on 6 Sep 1949.
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28 printed sheets with handwritten annotations, sketches and photographs
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eng
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Text
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MSaundersAC295399Arm-170201-01
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Royal Air Force
British Army
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Great Britain
England--East Grinstead
England--Sussex
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1945-09-27
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
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IBCC Digital Archive
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aircrew
crash
McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960)
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Cole, Colin
C Cole
Colin Cole
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31 items. The collection relates to Warrant Officer Colin Cole (1924 – 2015 RAF Volunteer Reserve 1605385) who served with 617 Squadron. The collection contains two oral history interviews his, logbook, service documents, medals, memorabilia from the Tirpitz and six photographs.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-01-27
2015-07-27
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Cole, C
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Colin Cole's navigator's, air bomber's, air gunner's and flight engineer's flying log book
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Navigator’s, air bomber’s, air gunner’s and flight engineer’s flying log book for Warrant Officer Colin Cole from 5 August 1943 to 23 September 1946. Detailing training schedule and operations flown. Served at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Mona, RAF Barrow in Furness, RAF Market Harborough, RAF Winthorpe, RAF Syerston, RAF Woodhall Spa, RAF Digri (Bengal) and RAF Scampton. Aircraft flown were Anson, Proctor, Dominie, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster and Lincoln. He carried out a total of ten daylight and one night-time operations with 617 Squadron at RAF Woodhall Spa as a wireless operator on the following targets in Germany, Netherlands, Norway and Poland: Bergen, Dortmund-Ems Canal, Hamburg, Ijmuiden, Lützow, Oslo Fjord, Rotterdam, Tirpitz Tromsø, Urft Dam and Viesleble [sic] (actually Bielefeld) viaduct. <span>His pilots on operations were </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":200,"335559740":276}">Flight Lieutenant Leavitt and Flight Lieutenant Price. </span>Annotations include bombing the Tirpitz and an attack by an enemy jet aircraft. Operation Exodus and Cook’s tour flights are included, as is a tour of India in 1946.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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One booklet
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
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LColeC1605385v1
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Germany
Great Britain
Pakistan
Norway
Pakistan
Poland
Wales
England--Cumbria
England--Leicestershire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Nottinghamshire
England--Wiltshire
Wales--Anglesey
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden
Germany--Bielefeld
Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal
Germany--Hamburg
Germany--Schleiden (Kreis)
Pakistan--Digri
Netherlands--Ijmuiden
Netherlands--Rotterdam
Norway--Bergen
Norway--Oslo
Norway--Tromsø
Pakistan--Digri
Poland--Świnoujście
Germany--Urft Dam
Netherlands
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1943
1944
1945
1946
1944-11-12
1944-11-13
1944-12-08
1944-12-11
1944-12-29
1944-12-30
1945-01-12
1945-02-14
1945-02-22
1945-02-24
1945-04-09
1945-04-13
1945-05-08
1945-05-10
1945-05-15
1945-09-27
1945-09-29
14 OTU
1661 HCU
617 Squadron
Advanced Flying Unit
air gunner
Air Gunnery School
aircrew
Anson
bombing
Cook’s tour
Dominie
Heavy Conversion Unit
Lancaster
Lancaster Finishing School
Lincoln
Me 262
Operation Catechism (12 November 1944)
Operation Dodge (1945)
Operation Exodus (1945)
Operation Guzzle
Operational Training Unit
Proctor
RAF Barrow in Furness
RAF Market Harborough
RAF Mona
RAF Scampton
RAF Syerston
RAF Waddington
RAF Winthorpe
RAF Woodhall Spa
RAF Yatesbury
Stirling
submarine
Tiger force
Tirpitz
training
Wellington
wireless operator