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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
Date
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2018-09-06
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Valentine, JRM
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Title
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Telegram from John Valentine
Description
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Reports he is discharged home tonight.
Date
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1946-03-06
Format
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One sided handwritten telegram form
Language
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eng
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SValentineJRM1251404v20024-0003
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Buckinghamshire
England--Chalfont St. Giles
Temporal Coverage
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1946-03-06
Creator
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John Ross Mckenzie Valentine
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Title
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Simpson, Henry
Henry Evan Wade Simpson
H E W Simpson
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2019-03-13
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Simpson, HEW
Description
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42 items. Collection concerns Henry Evan Wade 'Harry' Simpson DFM (1806333 Royal Air Force) a flight engineer on Lancaster of 166 Squadron whose aircraft failed to return on 7/8 June 1944. Collection contains his flying logbook, correspondence, documents and photographs. <br /><br />Additional information on Harry Simpson is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/121329/">IBCC Losses Database.</a><br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jean Simpson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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RECORD OFFICE,
ROYAL AIR FORCE,
GLOUCESTER.
Date 6 March, 1946
Telephone No.: SPRINGWELL (GLOUCESTER) 2618
Telegraphic Address:
RECORDS TELEX, GLOUCESTER.
Any communication on the subject of this letter should be addressed to:-
AIR OFFICER i/c RECORDS,
[italics] Address as opposite, [/italics]
and the following number quoted:- C.I.Medals/1806333
Your Ref: . . .
Dear Sir,
I have pleasure in forwarding the undermentioned citation from the London Gazette dated 25th January, 1946, promulgating the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal to your late son 1806333 Sergeant SIMPSON. H.E.W.
AIR MINISTRY
[underlined] 25th January, 1946 [/underlined]
The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations:-
Distinguished Flying Medal
Sergeant.
1806333 Henry E.W. SIMPSON R.A.F.V.R. 166 Sqdn, with effect from 7th June, 1944 (since deceased)
I am, Dear Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
L. Raisbeck
for Air Commodore,
Air Officer i/c Records,
ROYAL AIR FORCE.
H.W. Simpson, Esq.,
Amberley,
Single Street,
Biggin Hill,
Kent.
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Title
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Letter to Henry Simpson's father
Description
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Covers forwarding citation from London Gazette about award of Distinguished Flying Medal to his son.
Creator
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L Rausbeck
Date
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1946-03-06
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Gloucestershire
England--Gloucester
England--Kent
England--Bromley
England--Essex
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1946-03-06
1946-01-25
1944-06-07
Format
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One page typewritten letter
Language
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eng
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ERausbeckLSimpsonHW460306
Coverage
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Civilian
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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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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Sue Smith
166 Squadron
Distinguished Flying Medal
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Wakefield, Harold Ernest
H E Wakefield
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2017-10-16
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Wakefield, HE
Description
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93 items. The collection concerns Harold Ernest Wakefield DFC (1923 - 1986, 1582185 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, training publications, decorations and badges, training notebooks, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, photographs and parachute D ring.
He flew operations as a flight engineer with 51 and 617 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jeremy Wakefield and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Title
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RAF Officer's medical record card
Description
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Made out for Flying Officer H E Wakefield on cover. Includes medical classification and lists protective inoculations and vaccination.
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1945-11-20
1944-07-16
1945-08-16
1945-08-13
1945-09-03
1946-03-06
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Format
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Printed booklet with handwritten entries
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MWakefieldHE174040-171016-38
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IBCC Digital Archive
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