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Title
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Valentine, John
John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
J R M Valentine
Description
An account of the resource
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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Little Close, Saturday 22/12/45
Salcombe 229
My darling Johnnie, thank you for your letter of 20th enclosing one from George T. He certainly has a pretty wit! I'm glad you at least manage to sleep fairly well, that is a great thing.
I enclose a couple of snaps which were taken at Wyton last spring. It's not bad of Ly except that she appears to bulge in quite the wrong place! The old lady is Mrs Southerland under whom Ba worked. Ba & Donald Young (Drag, as he's called) arrived quite safely in time for tea after driving down from Farnborough in Drag's open yellow Bentley. Today we went down to the village for odd shopping but this afternoon it's pouring with rain & blowing a gale so it looks as tho' we'll have to stay in. Peter & Winifred will be having a damp trip down, I'm afraid.
Ba told me she had mentioned your violin lessons to Marjorie Gunn who was very interested & said she would certainly like to hear you. She suggested that she should give you a few lessons, so the she can judge your possibilities & then pass you on to Cocky (Mary Darly) who is a pupil & now co-teacher of hers at Down (the big girl's school near Newbury where Marge teaches). She's an awfully nice girl, was at the ambulance station with Ba for some time & apparently an excellent teacher. Marge's system at Down is always to take a pupil for a little while at first herself, then pass her on to Cocky for the middle years of its training & then finish it off herself for the last term or two if specially talented. Cocky uses exactly the same methods as Marge & plays very like her too. Anyway, it's an idea, & when you are free to do so you might write to Marge & get the preliminary lessons with Marge (for which I gather there would be no charge) arranged. Ba said she is really very keen to hear & teach you. She asked Ba how you played & Ba said she hadn't heard much, you thumped so, whereupon Marge said “Does he really thump?” (with your foot don't you know). If he's a natural born thumper, then he's got the makings of a violinist & I must hear him!” she said she's spent many hundreds of hours trying to make her pupils beat in time with their feet & that it's a great asset. So I won't laugh at you for it any more!
So far I have managed to keep my sickness within & apart from a few rumbles on rising there has been no outbreak. I wonder whether a cup of hot tea brought to me in bed has anything to do with it! The Christmas tree is looking quite festive already with all the smaller presents on it. Mother has got a colossal turkey too, it weights over 13 lbs when undressed so it must have been some beast in its feathers. I shall have to brave the elements to post this, there's a terrific storm blowing. By the way, I hope you'll let me know which will be the most convenient hour to ring up. I hope to be able to get through on Christmas day. I'll try anyhow. Goodbye my darling, I hope life's not too miserable & that you have interesting books to beguile the time. Always yours, Ursula.
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Letter to John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Description
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Thanks him for recent letters and describes enclosed photographs. Mentions arrival of her sister Barbara and shopping in village. Discusses his violin lessons and possible future teachers to continue hid violin studies. Writes of her sickness and family preparations for Christmas.
Date
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1945-12-22
Format
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Six page handwritten letter
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eng
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EValentineUMValentineJRM451222
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Devon
England--Salcombe
Temporal Coverage
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1945-12-22
Creator
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Ursula Valentine
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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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Atkinson, Arthur
Arthur Atkinson
A Atkinson
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Seven items. An oral history interview with Warrant Officer Arthur Atkinson (1922 - 2020, 1042303 Royal Air Force) his log book, service material and two photographs. Arthur Atkinson trained as a wireless operator and spent eighteen months at RAF Ringway before being flying 34 operations with 61 Squadron from RAF Coningsby and RAF Skellingthorpe.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Arthur Atkinson and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2015-06-23
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Atkinson, A
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Arthur Atkinson, leave pass
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A pass issued to Arthur Atkinson by RAF St Athan allowing him to be absent from his quarters.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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1945-12-18
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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.
Format
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One typewritten sheet with handwritten annotations
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Service material
Identifier
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OAtkinsonA1042303-190610-01
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
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Great Britain
Wales--Vale of Glamorgan
Temporal Coverage
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1945-12-22
1945-12-27
aircrew
military service conditions