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Four items. The collection consists of an oral history interview with Betty Turner, (– 2015, 2146029), a photograph and two poems. Leading aircraftswoman Betty Turner served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force at 92 Group Headquarters as a wireless operator. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Betty Turner and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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2015-06-02
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Turner, B
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Other persons present: Betty Turner’s daughter, Shelley Marshall [SM]
HH: Ok. Here we are, my name is Heather Hughes, and I’m sitting with Betty Turner who was in the WAAFs during World War 2, in Betty’s home in Bierton and it is Tue, Wednesday? , Tuesday, Tuesday the 2nd of June, 2015. Thank you Betty, so much, for agreeing to do this interview today.
BT: You’re very [emphasis] welcome indeed.
HH: Betty I wonder if we could start by talking about where you were born and grew up?
BT: I was born in Aylesbury, I went to school in Aylesbury, and [pause], I went from here and signed up when the war was on - well, at first, of course, I was working at, um, a very – when I was fourteen we had to leave school in those days at fourteen, and I had a job in a very exclusive shoe shop. I always loved that shop, I was bound and determined I was going to get a job there, and I did, and –
HH: Do you remember the name of the shoe shop?
BT: Yes! It was Ivords [?] and we had customers like the Dimbleby boys, their father was away in the war of course when they would come in, and there would be the sister and the two brothers, and mom would come in with them, and I would wait on them for shoes, not realising how famous they [emphasis] were going to be. Anyway, that was my – and then, I decided – I had a boyfriend, who was shot down, over France, and killed, and the very next day I said I’m joining the, the WAAF. I was seventeen at the time, and, so my mother said ‘alright, I’ll take you to join up’ to High Wycombe – we had to go to High Wycombe – and my brother at the same time wanted to come with us, and he said ‘I’m going to join up too’, but he was only fifteen. Anyway [pause, deep breath] I joined up, and this was in December, December 6th I always remember – the date of the, that Caley was shot down – and I, um, went to Wycombe as I say, the next day, and that was about the 7th of December that I actually went to give my signature –
HH: Was that in nineteen - ?
BT: Forty-two.
HH: Forty-two.
BT: Forty-two. But I wasn’t called until January – first week, I believe, but it was January anyway when I actually went, and I left here, and went to [pause] Gloucester. I think it was Gloucester.
HH: And is that where you went for training?
BT: Ye – well… Yes, to sort you out I think in Gloucester, your uniforms, and what you ought to be and things like that you know. I said driver please [?] [laughs] and they killed themselves laughing, I’m only five foot, I wouldn’t reach the pedals on the trucks at all [laughs]. But I think everybody asked to be a driver when they first joined up. Anyway, at that point we went to Morecombe for square-bashing, and when we came back – I think it was Innsworth, I’m not sure, you know, the memory fades a bit doesn’t it? But there [emphasis] they gave us some, sort of, tests [emphasis] about different things and they needed wireless operators apparently, and everybody had to sit around with a paper and pencil, and they would give you, er, records – they would play a record, and they’d say ‘now you’re going to hear some dots and dashes. All I want you to do is to tell me whether they’re the same each time or different’, and so the record would start and we would have to say write it all down, and I apparently did fine, and they thought immediately well ‘she’s ok she could be a wireless operator’, and after I had done my square bashing – that was first – they read that I was coming to Winslow in Buckinghamshire, and I thought ‘ooh dear’ - I wanted to go somewhere exciting [laughs]. But I, there you go, I came home – quite close to home anyway, only ten miles actually away. It was okay, I had the best of both worlds really didn’t I? They said ‘you’re going to 92 Group Headquarters – Bomber Command’. So, I, that’s what I did! I came over to Winslow, and there didn’t seem to be a lot of RAF around but it was because everybody was on shift work, and the hours would be – I can’t remember all the hours but it’s in that, um, brochure I gave you, from like eight o’clock in the morning ‘til midnight, long hours it seemed. Some were shorter hours and then we would have a couple of days off.
HH: And what did you do with your days off?
BT: I’d come home. And my father would, usually, ask me if I was alright, and did I need any money, and sometimes leave me ten bobs [laughs], ten bob, at the side of my bed, and I’d wake up in the morning and I’d say ‘whoopee I’ve got some money!’ [laughs]. We never had any money, and we always seemed hungry. We were always ready to go into a restaurant and eat if we could find a place to do it, you know, because restaurants, things weren’t easy in the restaurants at that time. Anyway so that was fine. The work was just really [emphasis] quite boring, because that’s all you did was put your earphones on and you had a key, and you had, um, you had receiving and you had sending of Morse code constantly, and it was [emphasis] pretty boring.
HH: But very vital.
BT: But vital, I suppose – well I found that out later, but I didn’t know what I did, and it was just different, really. In the morning we would check with the, all the stations that we had, and they’re on their paper – I can’t remember the names of them all – but the different stations that were in that 92 Group then they would send Morse back to us and you know we would answer backwards and forwards. Not plain language, most of the time, it was certain, certain codes that we would send to them. Every half an hour we would have to send a very very powerful signal – I can still remember it today it was V3A – and then we would give them the time, and we’d go ‘dee dee, dee dee’ [making Morse code sounds] until the second hand went onto the twelve we would hit the key, down, and um, apparently it was for other aircraft and everybody to get their time right, you know, er, it was a very powerful signal and it could be heard many many thousands of miles away, but we never knew why we were doing it. We never asked questions. We signed the secrets thing and we never spoke about what we did. My dad asked me about what we did and ‘oh I just Morse code, you know’, but nobody knew. We didn’t know why we were doing it. And then another time we would fill pages of five letter groups, and five letter groups, and we had a pad, you know, a pad of paper that size and it was asking you questions on – you wrote down what you could hear in five letter groups, and then when your pad was full, you’d take all of the girls’, if they had them you’d collect them up and take them into the main room of the house, because we were in like a, like a Nissen type hut part that had been built on the front of the house, so that it was separate. But in the house we would go for other things like we would get - have our pay parade ever Friday, second Friday morning, and ‘quote your last three letters’ and ‘come to attention’ and they’d pay you, which was very nice, on every other week that would happen and um, that was in the house – we’d go in the house for that, and there was also a lot of RAF personnel in the house but we never actually saw the room that they were in, and outside, at night especially, we’d notice a motorbike – a guy with a motorbike, and we assumed that he must be doing something with what we were taking over to the house – we didn’t know of course. And it wasn’t until I went to Bletchley Park, many years later, and I could hear the Morse code going, and after looking at all the things and listening to the people that were leading us around, what we did, and I’m thinking ‘gosh! I remember that’ and ‘I remember this’, and ‘I remember that’, and it dawned on me what we were doing. But it was years afterwards, prior to that I had no knowledge of what we did, at all. Yeah there was a um – but when we were on, um, hours off, of course, that was very nice, we’d also have dances, at camp, we – the girls, were in the stables of the big house –
HH: Was it kind of dormitory type accommodation?
BT: No, it was, strictly – you know what stables look like, with horses in them? Well, we were in those same things but we weren’t horses [laughing]. We had potbelly stoves to keep us warm, you know [laughing], and it had a gutter where the horses used to do their business and it would run down into the drain, but that was cleaned out [laughing] before we went in there. Oh dear, yes, and at times it would be very draughty.
HH: So did you each have your own stable then?
BT: Well, no, there were two of us in the one stable. Oh well, yes, two of us in each stable – pretty sure it was only two of us, yeah I think it was two, but of course, in the long building itself, there would be lots of, lots of stables. Eventually after I had been there about a – two years, I finally got to go in the house, but I’m sure that was servants’ quarters for the girls - some of the girls would go in there, and then any new girls coming along would go in the stables I suppose. Although, when war ended, when VE Day came along, it was very quickly destroyed, our cabin. Everything [emphasis] was destroyed very very quickly. And there was no more Morse code – nothing – it just stopped, and we were all posted to other places. Then [emphasis] I really enjoyed the work [laughs], I was posted to a place called Great Massingham – that’s up near the Wash, we decided, I’ve seen it on the map yes, up near the Wash – and it was, I was put in the Officers’ Mess, in the corner, with a telephone and a desk, and the calls would come in for the boys from their girlfriends or their wives, and I’d be the one to call out their name and say ‘you are wanted on the telephone’, and it was super [emphasis]. And in the morning, instead of going to the cook house like we used to do at Winslow, I would go and I would have a nice fried breakfast, the same as the officers would have. I’d have mine first though before I went on duty, then later on of course they would all come in and have their breakfast, it was very nice. That was a super job! And I actually saw the planes for a change, because we saw no planes on our camp at all, except the Wellingtons at, at um [pause] what is the – not Wing, not Wing, where - oh I can’t think of the name of the – but we used to have to go onto that field aerodrome when we were doing our experience flights which we didn’t enjoy very much really –
HH: What did that involve?
BT: It involved flying around with a pilot, and I think we were supposed to work the set I’m not quite sure [laughing] I can’t remember. It was to find out how difficult it is to keep on frequency so they wanted us to experience, you know, what it was like to fly – I only went up a couple of times though [pause] but it was – I would not volunteer to go. I did not [emphasis] enjoy it. Sometimes the pilots used to make fun of us, be heading for a barrage balloon and say ‘oh I don’t think I’m going to tell her’ [laughing]. They would tease us, in other words, they would tease us, and it wasn’t very nice really. But we did have fun when we were all off duty. We put on pantomime, well we put on one, and then there was a play. But unfortunately, just before I got to Winslow, there had been a Wellington come down and go into one of the houses and kill several people, and one of our sergeants managed to get some people out, and he got fairly [pause] badly burnt in a couple of places, and he got recommended for that. He really was quite a hero to the rest of them, they were all saying ‘what a great job you did’. But it was all over with when I got there – the rubble was there of course, they were cleaning up, but it was quite scary, really scary. [Pause] Our - we would try and get to work, or go down to – we would have bicycles a lot of us. I took my own bike to camp so that I could cycle home if I wanted to, although I preferred to take the bus – was easier.
HH: But did you use your bicycle around the camp?
BT: Yes. No, no we couldn’t cycle around our camp, we were at a big house, and all we had was a big driveway.
HH: Okay so you didn’t need to.
BT: We had… huts, the stables where we slept, and we had to come out and go to the bathrooms and bath huts and stuff there and then another hut was for our meals. Our canteen was at the other place, because we used to have to cycle through the village back to where we worked. The men were lucky, they were able to have lodgings and they had a landlady that would fix them meals and they would have lovely hot dinners when they got home at night and we had to go to the cook house. We had a cook house. But at the end of the war things began to happen a bit more – towards to end of the war, when the prisoners of war from Germany were coming back home we were, they, we were asked to go and volunteer to welcome the prisoners coming back, which was rather good.
HH: And where was that?
BT: That was at Wing I believe – I’m sure it was Wing although no place ever had a sign on it so we never knew where we were really. I think, from what I could work out, that it was Wing, and they were [pause] quite, quite a sad looking lot coming home but so thrilled to be coming home. And I always remember this one boy asked our girl that was our telephonist – one of our telephonist girls – if, um, he would call – if she would call his mother on this number and he gave her, and she said ‘yes I’ll do that for you’, so, when we got back to camp, she was doing some work there, and she phoned this number, and it was the mother that answered the phone, and she said ‘John would be seeing you in a couple of days’, and it was just the noise and um, a man came on then, and this man said ‘who is this?’ and she said ‘well I’m LACW’ so-and-so, what her name was, ‘I’m just telling you that your son will be home in a couple of days, probably, they have to go to a, a centre first for certain things’ - he said ‘well I hope you know what you’re talking about, because we’ve already been told that our son is missing, believed dead – believe killed’, and he was – well, we all cried. I think about it now and I cry a little bit. Yeah, so, um -
HH: That’s one story that at least had that happy ending.
BT: Yes, I know – I won a book once for writing that story out because I said I’ll never forget it. I said a lot of things I do forget, and a lot of things I think I imagine, ‘oh I couldn’t have done that, surely I couldn’t have done that’ sort of thing, ‘I wouldn’t tell anybody that I’m not going to say’ – and, but, I know that was true, because it, it caused such a – the rest of us in, at the cook house – we were all sitting around the table then when she was telling us about it, and we were all [emphasis] practically in tears. But I wonder how many times that happened, you know, I’m sure it must have happened lots of times, I’ve heard of it since actually happening. On this, “Next Generation”, or that “Last Generation”, the programmes that they’ve had – I’ve loved that series I’ve been watching it and I think ‘good on you!’ [laughs] you know, and they’re still going strong, it’s lovely.
HH: Betty what rank did you attain -
BT: LACW
HH: - in the WAAFs?
BT: Leading Aircraftwoman. So I started off as an AC2 and then an AC1, and then an LACW. Yeah. But um, I don’t know that I deserved it – maybe I did [laughs]
HH: I’m sure you did.
BT: I don’t know. I have my pay book still, and it said I was a keen and willing wireless operator, ‘very efficient’ it says [laughter] so –
HH: Well done.
BT: But it wasn’t any good trying to get a job after the war because [laughs] nobody wanted a wireless operator [laughs], a wireless operator.
HH: It would be good to talk about after the war. I just want to go back and ask you what kind of, what kind of [pause] relationships did you have with other WAAFs? I mean did you form quite a strong bond together?
BT: Oh we did yes, um, and it we were going on leave, one or two of us would go together. In fact, when I went on leave with my friend, she said to me, ‘where shall we go for our leave? When’s yours coming up?’, I said ‘mine is coming up on so-and-so’ – ‘so is mine’ she said, ‘let’s go a long way away’, because we would have a free travel warrant, so, I said ‘ok, well where will we go?’, she said ‘let’s go to Edinburgh’, I said ‘that’s a good idea, let’s go to Edinburgh, and we got on the train, and we had a wonderful journey. It was all the forces in the train, and she was a comedian anyway, and she had the place in stiches, it was hilarious [laughs] that whole trip was funny. And we went to the YMCA, YWCA I should say, and booked in, and we put our money in their safe, as they have, and when you go out you just take a certain amount of money with you. This parti – the f – second night I believe we were there, we decided to go to the Cavendish Ballroom, we were going to go to a dance, okay, so we bought our tickets to go in but when we got inside we realised we hadn’t taken enough – to buy our tea, that, or drink or whatever we wanted, and I said well it’s not far from where we’re, you know where we’re staying, ‘I’ll get the trolley, car’ or whatever it was at that time, and ‘I’ll go back and I’ll get us some more money’. ‘Okay’ says my friend, and when I got back to the Cavendish ballroom, there she was, sitting with a couple of Americans. And I said ‘oh, hi’, she said ‘this is so-and-so and this is so-and-so – I told him you like to dance because he likes to dance too’ [laughs], so I said ‘oh alright, I’ll dance with him’, and we not only danced with them, we spent, um, our days, because they were on furlough as well, and we were on furlough, or ‘leave’ as we call it, ‘furlough’ as they call it. And that whole week we spent going to pictures, but Sunday was a very miserable sort of day in Scotland –
HH: Still is in Scotland!
BT: [laughs] we had so many cups of tea, we were, we, we just floated, and we went to the zoo, and we went to, oh I don’t - I can’t remember where we went, but we went to the dancing again, we went, and when I got home back to camp, my friend that I had met in Scotland phoned me and asked me to meet him in London when I was next off. So I said ‘alright’ and we met a few times, and I brought him home to meet mum and dad, and he was in the Eighth Airforce – the American Eighth Airforce –
HH: Eighth in the East!
BT: And, um, we met quite a few times, and then one night the phone rang, I answered it, and – no, I was told, there’s a - you’re wanted on the phone, so I answered it and it was Fred and he said ‘hi Betty, we’re gonna go home, we’ve gotta get ready for the Far East’ because the Japanese were still fighting, of course, and he said ‘but, I want you to marry me before I go – will you marry me?’, and there was a – this is - I don’t like to say this because it makes me feel so stupid – there was an ITMA show on, and the saying was ‘ee, I’ll ‘ave to ask me dad’ in a Northern accent [laughing] and I thought he was kidding me, and that’s what I said [laughing]. Well he didn’t listen to our shows of course, he’d be listening to Jack Benny or Bob Hope or something, and he said ‘well okay then’ [laughing] ‘okay Betty, you ask your dad’ [laughing] ‘if he says, if he says yes’ [laughing]. So anyway I asked my dad and he said ‘no I don’t think that’s a good idea, I think you should just get engaged’, so the next night when Fred called me I said ‘no dad says I can’t get married, but we could get engaged’. ‘No’ he said, ‘I don’t wanna leave this country ‘til I’m – ‘til you’re with me, and you’re married to me’, so [laughing] I said ‘oh alright then, where – ‘ [laughing] how silly now I think about [laughing] so silly, and I, so I said ‘oh well alright then, when?’. Well this was just after VE Day, he said ‘June the 9th’ [pause] I said ‘gosh that’s, that’s awfully quickly, I don’t know if I can do that, because’ I said ‘you do a lot of investigating of girls and I’d have to go through that and that takes a long time’. ‘No’ he said, ‘it’s alright because my, my commanding officer is a, married to a WAAF and he knows what to do and he can just go straight through to your WAAF officer and he will know exactly your character’ etcetera, etcetera, and, um, ‘there’ll be no problem’. So I said ‘ohh, okay, June the 9th it is’, he said ‘besides it’s my birthday and [laughing, unclear] on my birthday’, so, that’s what happened.
HH: So where did you get married?
BT: In Saint Mary’s church, in the local church in, in Aylesbury, and we had neighbours helping us, and my c-, my warrant officer, he, uh, booked a hotel in London for a couple of nights, and we had all sorts of volunteers for sandwiches because it was very difficult [emphasis] to get things, and the girl across the road, was a Belgian girl married to a British tommy, and she had come over and she was the same size as me. She still had her, her wedding gown, and she said ‘you can borrow my wedding dress’, I said ‘well I want to be married in uniform’ – my father wouldn’t let me, but I wanted to be married, but he said ‘no you’re not, you only get married once and I want you to be married in white’ so –
HH: You were married in white.
BT: - I was married in white, yup. And we had a nice, quite a nice wedding and reception at mummy’s house. We were squashed but it was alright, we had fun. But then, we went on the train, to London to the hotel that my warrant officer had booked for us. As a matter of fact he sat in the same carriage as us, and my husband said he was quite upset, he kept staring at me like, staring at him, like ‘you’d better look after that girl’ [laughs]. Oh well, yes.
HH: And then did he depart soon after that for the Far East?
BT: Yes, yes, about, about two weeks. No - I don’t know that it was two weeks, it could have been – it could have been less, I don’t know, but it was a quick, quick time. I know I met him a couple of times in Norwich because he was going, and I went up there quickly to see him before, before he left, and that was it and I didn’t see him again until the following February.
HH: And what happened then?
BT: Well, what happened then? I went over on the Queen Mary, I went down to um, what was the name of the place… was it Innsworth? Think it was Innsworth, for about four or five days, waiting to go on the boat, and they did an FFI (Free From Infection, as you know) with everybody, and those of us who were in the We- couldn’t give a darn about that we were used to that monthly you know, but some of these poor girls had never had anything like that done to them and, they didn’t like it at all, and some of them had babies. But, um, we got on the Queen Mary and so many days later we arrived in New York, and I had said to my husband, ‘if you’re not in New York to meet me, I’m not going to get – I’m going to get a boat back, I’ve got enough money, I’m going to get a boat back’, and he said ‘well I’ve been called up to go to spring training down to Texas because he was with, being picked for the Dodgers, Pat Derry [?] had signed him up for spring training to see, along with many others, I might add – because he played baseball here with the American Air Force, and he said ‘so I don’t know if I can’, I said ‘well if you’re not there I’m not, I’m going, going home’, so anyway he said he would be there no matter what. So I wasn’t ever really sure. And then they were calling over the tannoy ‘would Betty Ethel Turner please come to dockside’, well my name isn’t Betty Ethel Turner, it’s Betty May Turner, and we were in alphabetical order in this cabin – we even had a Major Turnipseed’s [?] wife, in there [unclear, laughs], anyway, um, we all helped Betty Ethel Turner get things in her case, but she wasn’t expecting to go, they were going to take the girls that weren’t being met to their own organisations, and anyway - so I, and I was a bit disappointed when Betty Ethel went, but anyway about ten minutes later they called out ‘will Betty May [emphasis] Turner please report to dockside’ and everybody helps me get all my stuff together. So I’m walking down the gangplank, and here’s poor Betty Ethel Turner coming back with her bag – ‘they tried to give me to your husband’ [laughing], I can’t tell you how he said [pause] but he said ‘that is not my wife!’ and he [unclear, laughing, possibly ‘worried him to death’].
HH: So you were reunited – you were reunited?
BT: So he was very relieved when I came down the pla – in fact he jumped the barrier, he shouldn’t have done of course but he did. And they all looked so different, they were in zoot suits and those fedora type hats, you know, so [emphasis] different. Yes.
HH: And how long did you spend in the States then?
BT: Twenty-four years.
HH: Where were you living?
BT: Detroit, Michigan.
HH: And how did, how did you feel about leaving and going to live in the States?
BT: I didn’t – I was unhappy leaving my family of course, but really it was excitement for me and if you’ve been away from home living since you were seventeen, I, by that time, well I spent my 21st birthday in the mid-Atlantic, on the Queen Mary, that was my 21st birthday. That’s why I was glad my dad said yes I could get married - well, they didn’t really agree but they agreed to in the end, because they could stop me up to twenty-one, they could have stopped me, if they’d really wanted to. But, I had a good life out there, but he didn’t make, he didn’t make the baseball team and he came back four weeks later, so I, when I went I was totally alone with strangers, and it was, it was strange, but, you know, after, after he came back we lived with his parents while [emphasis] we built our own house in the next block. And then of course I had my girls, and I belonged to the Daughters of the British Empire out there, which is an organisation as, as you probably know, and um, and then it all sort of went – mmm, after twenty four years I suppose it would have been, I, in nine- in the year before I bought him a set of golf clubs for Christmas [laughs], which I never should have done I suppose really, I never saw him again he was on the golf course – well that’s just a, a, you know , a thumbnail story.
HH: So you just came back, you just decided to come back?
BT: Well Donna had come back here, my oldest daughter, we sent her over to see nan and grandad as a, as a graduation present when she was eighteen, now she was older than I was when I left home, oh, when I left home the first time, and so it seemed ok but I did miss her terribly. And then of course this one was going, and one thing and another and I thought [sighs] ‘can’t be doing with this’, and um he, more or less agreed to it of course. He didn’t remarry, I didn’t remarry, I did have a partner for many years, here, but um, after I’d been here a while.
HH: But you’ve done this amazing thing to reassemble your family near Aylesbury.
BT: Well, part of it, yes. But it w – my mother was dead against divorce, they thought it was terrible my getting a divorce, but my mother was ill for a while and I would go over every day, take her a – do the house cleaning and, and look after her, and when she went into hospital she didn’t come out again – she was ninety-odd mind you, ninety, ‘bout ninety-four actually I figured. And um, then my father, and she said to me ‘everything happens for the best you know, because’ she said ‘what would we have done’. And then of course dad became ill, and I had him here for two years before he went to hospital for only just a few days and died, and he was ninety-seven when he died.
HH: So you’ve got longevity in your family.
BT: Well, I, I don’t know I don’t think so – well, so far it’s been long, but, I do have, um, I do have cancer. So I, you know, you never know do you? No.
HH: But it’s been in more recent years, Betty, that you have taken to producing these really very beautiful artworks about your memories of the WAAF – tell us about that.
BT: Well, well, when you’re alone more than anything – because I really didn’t start, um, well, Terry wa – did I do it while Terry was alive?
SM: Not so much.
BT: Not a lot, did I? I would – I know, it was a Christmas, he said ‘what d’you want for Christmas?’ and I said ‘I really would love some watercolours for Christmas’, and I’ve got a box of watercolours that he bought me for Christmas, with brushes, and I started, and I didn’t do very much at first, not at first, and then I – he was poorly, and I nursed him for about six years before he died, and all that time that he was poorly, I was able to sit and do my painting and stuff. And I did a lot of it then, quite a lot of it, and then after he died, and he’s been gone six years – so it’s been about twelve years that I’ve done the painting.
HH: And now, you could’ve chosen all kinds of subjects to paint, but you chose something quite specific, why?
BT: I chose, because I could see them. I could see the girls that I’ve painted. I would get, I would get a book and look at some, one or two, that I’ve painted with a plane in it possibly I’ve had to copy, because I wasn’t on an aerodrome, and they were, and I wanted to recognise them as well, you know, but others I’ve just remembered when we were, for instance, cleaning our, cleaning our irons in the dirty – everybody says we had lovely hot water, we never [emphasis] had lovely hot water, by the re- time the rest of us were coming out of the cook house that water would be ho-, warm, lukewarm and greasy, the grease would be floating on the top, but we still had to rinse them you know. What else would we do? Well we had, nowhere to, nowhere to wash the [unclear], anyway – and so that’s where I’ve done most of my art. Or if somebody call– once or twice somebody’s called up ‘Betty would you do one with so-and-so’, um, ‘I’d like one, I’d like a birthday card for my, for my mother, she’s going to be ninety’ or something ‘and I want - and she was in the WAAF and I want you to do a postcard or a birthday card for her’, so I would do one, one of those, and te- and Shelley my daughter, bless her, she copies them, well not copies them, yes she’s got a copier, and I, so I try and keep the originals and the copies, and the copies go. And that’s what the Association does when I do a card, I send them a copy and they keep it.
HH: In your view, do you think that the WAAFs have received the recognition that they deserve in the years since World War 2, for what they did?
BT: Absolutely not, no, that’s a - that’s a real sore point with me. I could go into the town for Memorial Day and the men, the - ‘come on, come on, let’s line up’, and then I’m there, and I even have my tie and my blue shirt and my blazer with a, with my medal even, but they w-, they wouldn’t bring me to the front. The men come to the front, and you, you know, sort of thing, but it’s like that all the time. And the memorial in London, well. Those coats on a hook. I haven’t seen it, I’ve seen it in a photograph, but I haven’t – I don’t go up to London, I’m not in a fit state to go up to London really, I s’pose I could go, I could persevere and go, make up my mind I’m going, I would love to see the Bomber Command memorial thing up there, I think that must be wonderful – but it’s just the bomber boys isn’t it, the boys that flew, who were absolutely wonderful I think, but everybody else behind those boys were wonderful too, weren’t they?
Other: Indeed.
BT: And everybody - I go to museums and it’s all planes and where are the WAAF? They were there. But you don’t get any recognition at all. Very seldom anyway. The films – you see films of the boys and the planes, but very few WAAF. It might be a love story so they have to put a WAAF in it.
HH: I was going to say -
BT: And she’s an officer’s [unclear] –
HH: - it seems to me that that seems, you know, if you look at, films and things since the war that’s been the way in which WAAFs have tended to be portrayed is as partners or as the love interest rather than as, you know, serious participants in the war effort.
BT: Yes. That’s right, yes, yes. That’s right.
SM: Can I say something here? The one thing that I notice going to the WAAF reunions is the amazing variety of jobs that they had, that the WAAF had during the war. The engine fitters, the plane deliverers, there are so many other things that they did that were men’s jobs, and these little ladies who looked as though they couldn’t blow a feather away, were just fantastic. I was just full of admiration for them, and that isn’t recognised enough.
BT: That’s right. That one woman that we were talking – one lady that sat next to you – what did she do, Shelley?
SM: She was a Stirling engine fitter.
BT: A Stirling engine fitter.
Shelly: And she was four-foot-nothing.
BT: [laughing] Now she’s a four-foot-nothing.
HH: Do you think that that started during the war though? In the sense that there was a certain ambiguity to the role that women were playing, I mean, it was obviously a necessary role to release um, men to take part in front line duty, and especially in Bomber Command with the attrition rate being quite high, um, but there was still nevertheless an ambivalence as to whether women should be playing that role.
BT: Oh yes, oh yes.
HH: Did you feel that, that at the time?
BT: Where I was stationed, not so much, because there were quite a few WAAF there and the men, they would not be on the set as much as we would be, but they would be charging the batteries and all sorts of things like that you know, and you – the men that were there a lot of times were photographers and guards, that – we would be teased, as WAAF, I mean they would say ‘go fetch something’ and it wasn’t there or it- ‘what the heck do you want’ you know, no, you got used to that sort of thing. Or if they had a joke, oh, ‘tell Betty, she’ll laugh’, you know, and I’d laugh but I wouldn’t know what they were talking about sometimes, hadn’t a clue [laughs], very innocent, sort of, you know, but um, it was – but I’ve noticed it a lot more since the last, oh I don’t know, I don’t think when I was in the states that it ever came up, because they didn’t know what WAAF were in the – I did have some friends that were in the WAAF though that married Americans, ‘cause we had this club where quite a few English girls and quite a few of them were in the WAAF, or several of them were in the WAAF anyway, because they were working with Americans some of them, on camp, and they, they were closely working with them and became friendly, very friendly, some of them. But on the whole it was since I’ve been here I notice the, the, sort of - Oh, if I told people, and I don’t do it very often, I’ve done it more lately than I ever have in my life, I’ve said I was in the WAAF and they say ‘oh were you? What did you do?’ and I’d tell them, ‘oooh’, you know, the minute you mention Bletchley Park that’s the only way you’ll get any notice, because that’s had publicity, and, you know, that sort of thing. I don’t know. But I do wish we had – on one of my friends, as a matter of fact my best friend, Jane, she thought that we’ve got to have a memorial up at the Arboretum, we’ve got to have something, and she started, and she planned it, and it was taken out of her hands by a few people in the Association, and her village, and it was built not the way she wanted it to be built, and she was warned that it wouldn’t last this particular way these people were going to do it, and it just broke her heart and even now we’ve got to spend a lot of money now getting it cleaned up and straightened up the way – actually, it would be better to take it down and start all over again, the way Jane wanted it done, it’s been so sad and we’re spending too much money on it, keeping it clean. And one thing and another, and that’s the only one we’ve got, that I know of, there, and that’s at the Arboretum, up your way, isn’t it?
HH: It’s Staffordshire isn’t it? Alrewas.
BT: Yeah. It’s quite a lovely place, but terribly disappointing that particular – so it’s good to have something, isn’t it?
HH: And I hope, very much, that you will approve of what we plan to do in terms of commemorating the WAAFs’ contribution in the new Bomber Command centre.
BT: I hope so. And I wish you the very best of luck in getting it done. I know that I won’t be alive to see it, but I shall hope that my family will go and see it.
HH: Well Betty thank you very much for that interview [telephone rings]
BT: Oh sorry, I’ll turn it -
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Interview with Betty Turner
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World War (1939-1945)
Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Great Britain. Women's Auxiliary Air Force
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Betty Turner served in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force with Bomber Command at 92 Group Headquarters, Winslow, and later at RAF Great Massingham, reaching the rank of leading aircraftswoman. She recounts living in chilly stables, being quite bored by Morse code, and the life-long bond that was forged between her and other Women’s Auxiliary Air Force members. She married an American whom she met during the war and they lived together in the United States for 24 years. After their divorce she settled close to her family in Aylesbury in the United Kingdom, where she had grown up. Betty Turner has been painting images from her days in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force for twelve years because the memories of her service remain so vivid; some have been used for the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force Association annual Christmas card.
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Heather Hughes
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Christina Brown
Heather Hughes
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00:50:39 audio recording
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ATurnerB150602
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2015-06-02
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eng
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England--Norfolk
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New York (State)
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
arts and crafts
entertainment
ground personnel
love and romance
Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy
RAF Great Massingham
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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Memoro. Die Bank der Erinnerungen
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18 items. The collection consists of interviews with German bombing survivors originally videotaped by Memoro, an international non-profit project and open archive of audio or video interviews of people born before 1950. The IBCC Digital Archive would like to express its gratitude to Nikolai Schulz (Memoro - Die Bank der Erinnerungen e.V) for granting permission to reproduce and transcribe the testimonies. To see them in their original video form please visit www.memoro.org/de-de/.
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Memoro. Die Bank der Erinnerungen
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BK: In unserem Wohnzimmer hängt ein solcher Spiegel [emphasises] [takes a small mirror]. Dieser Spiegel hat Geschichte. Er ist jetzt vierunsechzig Jahre alt, nein dreiundsechzig, und er stammt aus England [emphasises]. Vor dreinundsechzig Jahren war ich in England in einem Gefangenenlager. Wir hatten im ganzen Lager keinerlei Spiegel. Im Lager arbeiteten viele der Gefangenen ausserhalb und zwar auch im Schloss nebenan, in dem Englische Wachmanschaften wohnten und da passierte einen dieser Gefangenen das Missgeschick, dass ihm ein Hammer in einem grossen Kristallspiegel in dem Schloss fiel und die ganzen Scherben runterfielen und das war dann der Beginn, das Ende der spiegellosen Zeit in diesem Lager, denn ein Kumpel der unter mir wohnte, oder unter mir schlief in unserer Baracke der fünfzehn Menneken waren, der hat mir diesen zum Andenken geschenkt und da hatte ich einen Spiegel, konnte mich rasieren, damals rasierte ich mich noch, heute ist es das nicht mehr denmassen nötig wie man sieht. Und dieser Spiegel erinnert mich immer wieder dran, darum hängt er im Wohnzimmer, dass es auch anders kommen kann, dass es mir schlechter gehen kann, dass ich nicht immer so leben darf oder dass es sein kann dass es schlechter wird. Und Ich bin nämlich im Jahre ‘44 in Frankreich verwundet worden, kam in Englische Gefangenschaft nach England rüber, wurde in einem Krankenhaus in Liverpool ein halbes Jahr lang sehr gut behandelt, dadurch ist mein Bein gerettet worden, das vermutlich in den Kampfhandlungen in Deutschland sicher kurzerhand abgeschnitten worden wäre. Diese Zeit ist mir unvergesslich denn dort habe ich auch Englisch gelernt, das passierte so, das ich im Bett lag, ich war im Beckengips, konnte nicht aufstehen, gar nichts, und eine alte Zeitung, die die Schwestern dort hatten, die haben sie mir gegeben, die habe ich obwohl ich kein Wort Englisch konnte als ich in die Gefangenschaft kam habe ich einfach von vorne bis hinten durchgelesen und da ich ja nun ein Jahr in Frankreich war als Soldat, hatte ich noch ganz gute Französischkenntnisse, wenn man das mit Deutsch kombiniert dann kann man das meiste Englisch raten und das habe ich auch gemacht und auf die Weise habe ich die Sprache gelernt. Eine Schwester die borgte mir ein kleines Wörterbuch, so’n Taschenwörterbuch, weil sie nun mit Deutschen Gefangenen auch zu tun hatte und das habe ich von vorne bis hinten durchgelesen. Ich erinnere mich noch das erste Wort das ich mir aufgeschrieb in einen kleinen Heftchen das aus alten Krankenblättern von den Schwestern mit Leukoplast zusammengeheftet war, das erste Wort war [unclear] der Unterlagen. Und so habe ich mir alle Worte die mir wichtig erfielen aufgeschrieben und habe dann ganz systematisch gelernt. Die Grammatik ergibt sich automatisch wenn man oft genug liest, wenn man eine Sprache immer wieder [unclear] in einem Zusammenhang liest, dann erschließt sich auch der inhalt der Worte, der Charakter der Worte, wenn man ein Wort zwanzig Mal geraten hat dann weiß man ungefähr was es bedeutet und nun lagen neben mir zig andere Gefangene in einem Lager, in einem Raum waren es mal fünfzig Gefangene oder fünfzig Pazienten, im anderen waren es nur zweiundzwanzig, und die fragten mich dann [part missing in the original file] 1945 nachdem ich also schon zwei Monate mich mit dem, mit der Sprache beschäftigt hatte, ‘ja was liest du denn da eigentlich’, dann habe ich den gesagt, ‘was jetzt alles in der Welt passiert’, dann must du uns da mal was vorlesen, dann habe ich jeden Tag eine Zeitungs [unclear] ein und hatte das große Glück das kein Lehrer mir über die Schulter schaute und gefragt hatte ist es richtig oder ist es falsch. Und auf die Weise habe ich denen jeden Tag, wir waren ja alle gespannt, wie geht der Krieg weiter, ist er bald zu Ende undsoweiter, wir hatten ja keinerlei Nachrichten von Zuhause. Unsere Familie die wusste auch zuerst gar nicht wo wir sind, wir waren als vermisst gemeldet und erst als ich zurückkam, ja, anderthalb Jahre später nach Deutschland aus der Gefangenschaft da habe ich überhaupt erst alles erfahren was alles bei uns passiert ist, dass meine Eltern zum Glück noch lebten, dass mein Bruder gefallen war und mein jüngerer Bruder lebte auch noch. Dieses Sprachenlernen das war im Krankenhaus. Als ich aus dem Krankenhaus rauskam, es war ein historischer Tag, der achte Mai ’45, kam ich in ein Lager in der Nähe von Liverpool, Marbury Hall hieß das und zwar ist das in einem Schlosspark gewesen. Dieser Schlosspark war mit Stacheldraht umgeben das waren in rollen also übereinander zehn Meter [part missing in the original file] und von Zeit zu Zeit war ein Wachturm, wo Englische Posten drauf waren und da waren insgesamt zwei Teillager mit je zweitausend, also viertausend Man drin und dieses Lager war zum grossen Teil von gesunden Gefangenen aber auch von einem kleinen Teil Verwundete. Die Gesunden, die gingen raus, wurden jeden Tag rausgeführt zur Arbeit immer in fünfer Reihen so das also zwei Mann schnell zählen konnten wie viele es sind und die haben also in Liverpool im Hafen gearbeitet, oder sie haben auf dem Lande gearbeitet, und bei Bauern gearbeitet undsoweiter. Und immer wenn sie irgend etwas fanden das man eventuell verwenden konnte, haben sie das mitgebracht und das haben wir dann, haben die Verwundeten geerbt und haben daraus sich Sachen gebastellt. Zwar hatten wir offiziell keine Werkzeuge aber das wurde nach und nach gemacht aus einem Draht. Wir hatten Feldbetten übereinander immer und da war ein Draht der so rüberging von einer Seite zur anderen, oder ein Eisenband, und das wurde rausgetrennt und daraus wurde eine Säge gemacht, da hat einer stundenlang oder tagelang mit einer Nagelfeile dieses Band bearbeitet bis eine Säge zusammenhatte. Ein anderer hat aus einem alten, einer kaputten Autofeder ein Hobeleisen gemacht. Vorher musste er natürlich erstmal Schleifsteine sich gestalten und da hat er dann zwei Steine übereinander gerieben stundenlang, tagelang, bis er zwei Schleifsteine hatte und auf denen hat er dann diese Autofeder solange geschlieffen bis er ein wunderbares Hobeleisen hatte. Aus einem Holzklotz dann das übrige Teil des Hobel zu bauen das war dann sicher kein Problem mehr. Und diese Leute die haben mir dann eben auch aus den Scherben diesen Spiegel zusammengebastellt der für mich eine bliebende Erinnerung ist. Ich habe zwar nicht dort viel gearbeitet. Vielleicht noch eine Ergänzung. Ich habe dort Buchhaltung gelernt, ich habe Stenographie gelernt denn da war unter uns Verwundeten ein Diplom Kaufmann, der dann Unterricht gehalten hat und wer Interesse hatte konnte dann dahinkommen und da habe ich also die Grundlagen der Betriebswirtschaft dort kennengelernt. Hat für mein späteres Studium hat mir das sehr geholfen. Und dann noch wurden abends auch gelegentlich Vorträge gehalten, zum Beispiel hat ein Export Kaufmann, der als Gefangener war, erzählt von seinen Reisen die er vor den Krieg in der ganzen Welt gemacht hatte oder ein Apotheker hat über Kreuter Heilverfahren was erzählt und eines Tages hat dieser Apotheker einen Bericht gemacht wurde [unclear] am schwarzen Brett das er über die Frage Bub oder Mädl, die Bestimmung des Geschlechts [unclear]. Und sonst haben wir diese Vorträge waren in einer kleinen Baracke aber dieses mal war die Baracke, reichte nicht, da war ein so grosser [unclear] das wir im Speisesaal, in einer Speisesaalbaracke diesen Vortrag hielt und er hat uns da aufgeklärt über die Methode und zwar das nach einer langeren Enthaltsamkeit werden meistens Buben geboren, und sonst eben Mädchen. Oder auch den Faust haben wir dort erlebt, das eine Gruppe Goethe’s Faust den ersten Teil gespielt hat, die haben monatelang geprobt und geübt, und sogar die Frauenrollen wurden von Gefangenen in der wunderbarer Verkleidung und so überzeugend dargestellt das das mir das die interessanteste Theateraufführung meines Lebens geblieben ist.
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Interview with Burckhard Kuck
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Burckhard Kuck (b. 1925) tells the story of a 63-year-old mirror, a present from his fellow inmates when he was detained in a prisoner of war camp in England. Emphasises how the object reminds him of the lack of mirrors in the camp and of the fact life can suddenly change for the worse. Chronicles his detention in a hospital near Liverpool: learned to speak English by reading an old newspaper with the help of a pocket dictionary; used a makeshift notebook made of discarded medical reports held together by medical tape; read the news to his fellow inmates. Narrates his relocation to Marbury Hall on 8 May 1945 and tells anecdote of camp life: inmates making tools from scrap metal; detainees lecturing on bookkeeping, shorthand, and biology; staging of Goethe’s Faust.
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IBCC Digital Archive
Memoro. Die Bank der Erinnerungen
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2012-08-17
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Peter Schulze
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00:10:12 audio recording
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Memoro#462
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Great Britain
England--Northwich
England--Liverpool
England--Cheshire
England--Lancashire
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This content has been originally published on Memoro – Die Bank der Erinnerungen, which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it as an audio track. To see it in its original video form and read the terms and conditions of use, please visit www.memoro.org and then click on the link to the German section. Please note that it was recorded by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘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.
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deu
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World War (1939-1945)
Bombing, Aerial
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1945-05-08
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Sound
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Civilian
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Royalty-free permission to publish
entertainment
heirloom
home front
perception of bombing war
prisoner of war
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Radacich, Maurizio
M Radacich
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11 items. The collection consists of propaganda, civil defence material, documents and correspondence related to the bombing war in the Italian theatre. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Maurizio Radacich and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.
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2016-07-14
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Radacich, M
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Il gioco della protezione antiaerea
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World War (1939-1945)
Bombing, Aerial
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The board game has 78 spaces, numbered from one to 78, and arranged in spiral fashion. Players’ pieces are moved according to throws of one or two dice. Each square contains simple figures and a brief text about anti-aircraft precautions. Players who land on a square with good advice are rewarded with shortcuts, whereas those who land on numbers that show examples of foolish behaviour pay the consequences. On the reverse, information on the Unione Nazionale Protezione Antiaerea and advertising of household products marketed by the Florence-based company H. Roberts & Co.
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Italia. Unione Nazionale Protezione Antiaerea
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1935-04-04
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One board game
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ita
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Physical object
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MRadacichM[Ser'#-DoB]-170206-04
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Italy
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Civilian
anti-aircraft fire
bombing
civil defence
entertainment
home front
Unione Nazionale Protezione Antiaerea
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Vivoda, Paolo
Pietro Vivoda
P Vivoda
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This collection consists of one oral history interview with Paolo Vivoda who recollects his wartime experiences in Monfalcone.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-08-01
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Vivoda, P
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PC: Sono Alessandro Pesaro e sto per intervistare Pietro Vivoda, detto Paolo, per l’archivio digitale dell’International Bomber Command Center. Siamo a Monfalcone, in provincia di Gorizia, è il 1 agosto 2016. Grazie Paolo per aver permesso questa intervista. Sono presenti all’intervista Giulio, Giulia Sanzone, Pietro Comisso, Maurizio Radacich. Prima di cominciare vorrei farle alcune domande per essere sicuro che questa intervista venga registrata come desidera. È d’accordo che la sua intervista venga conservata presso l’Università di Lincoln, esclusivamente per scopi non commerciali, che l’Università di Lincoln ne abbia il copyright e che infine essa sia liberamente accessibile in qualsiasi supporto/formato per mostre, attività di ricerca, istruzione e come risorsa online?
PV: Sì.
AP: È d’accordo che il suo nome venga pubblicamente associato all’intervista?
PV: Sì.
AP: È d’accordo ad essere fotografato per l’Archivio Digitale dell’International Bomber Command Center?
PV: Sì.
AP: Grazie, possiamo cominciare. Dunque Paolo, grazie per questa intervista, per cominciare vorrei chiederle: qual è il più remoto ricordo che riesce a recuperare? Qual è l’evento più distante nel tempo che si ricorda?
PV: Questo de la guera, senz’altro pol esser un avvenimento lontano, lontanissimo, [pause] probabilmente proprio quel giorno, ho una foto de esser su, sulle ginocchia de un soldato tedesco, sul camion dove vengono caricati i feriti; ho soltanto una foto di questo, e probabilmente in quel momento è parché no son mai stado poi, né prima né dopo, in ospedal de conseguenza [pause].
AP: Cos’era successo in quel giorno?
PV: Quel giorno l’è stado un spettacolo teatrale al teatro del cantier di, de Monfalcon, durante le ore de lavoro parché non era, non erano presenti i lavoratori ma i famigliari, spettacolo che, de magia, del, Dolfo, par mi era Dolfo ma gaveva un nome simile, il mago e quel che ricordo, che ricordo, l’è un ricordo forse ‘nche ricostruido, ricostruido da mia mamma perché de lei me ricordo benissimo le ferite, le ferite sulle gambe, sulla schiena, anche ferite con degli, grandi cicatrici, e dopo quando se parlava del quele cicatrici, dello spettacolo, del bombardamento, del, dela fuga, dela fuga nel bunker, via dal teatro nel bunker, non mi ricordo le persone però mia mamma diceva sempre che la nonna Boscal col nipote Paolo, metri, cinque, dieci metri dietro a noi dove son rimasti entrambi, vittime, due persone che abitavan nella casa di fronte, quindi. Una delle tante cose del tempo remoto, perché a Monfalcone, a Panzano cerca, nella parte dei cantieri ne iera tantissime de case rotte, per noi era le case rotte, case distrutte dai bombardamenti, e la mia per fortuna no, quelle vicine no, però a cinquanta, cento metri de via de casa mia ghe n’era tantissime de distrutte. Sotto casa mia c’era un grande bunker, uno dei grandi, duecento persone; mi ricordo che passavo tantissimo tempo nel bunker perché era proprio sotto casa mia, e quando sentivo un rumor de un aereo gridavo ‘Mamma, penchi, penchi’, e via in bunker, ‘ndavo anche solo in bunker, e avevo due anni, tre anni, questo me ricordo! Me ricordo anche che lì vicin era, veniva de guardia un vecchio soldato tedesco, de guardia del posto, che lui avendo un figlio della mia età me portava spesso caramelle, cioccolata, qualcosa da, de conforto a mi: el mio, el mio ‘chicchecco’. Ecco questa sé i ricordi, i primi ricordi che go, i ricordi dela guera, dopo comincia a essere i ricordi dopo la guera. Un altro ricordo che digo sempre, che quando sono nato mio, mio ‘pà è andato in Carnia a prende una capra, e la ga portada a Panzan e mi son cresciudo col late de capra, mi son [laughs] un cornuto dall’inizio [laughs], capre che poi gavemo, ecco quel el me ricordo ben perché le gavemo poi fin al 1950-51, quindi me le ricordo ben. Altri ricordi de quel momento non, non go perché iero troppo piccolo, dopo penso che ze stadi anche, iera ricordi de mio fradel, de mia mamma, de mio papà più che miei, no, quindi.
AP: Cosa, cosa la se ricorda de questi racconti? perché magari dopo la guerra o dopo che sé finida, magari se ricorda qualcosa [unclear].
PV: Sì, me ricordo che la sé finida, me ricordo dopo la guera che iera forse più guera che no prima, per noi no, va ben i bombardamenti iera pesanti, ma me ricordo quando mime son sveado per ‘no scoppio sotto casa nostra, quando che i meteva le bombe perc, per, per impaurir per intim, per farche timora ale persone che dimostrava simpatia per, per la Jugoslavia, per la, per Tito disemo; e g’aveva messo ‘na bomba sotto casa nostra dove che poi, due giorni dopo, la zente che doveva ‘ndar sé ‘ndadi via parché i ‘va capio. Me ricordo, me son sveado perché era tutte le lastre rotte, no iera più’na lastra intiera, e questo succedeva nel ’46.
AP: Quindi dopo la guerra.
PV: [pause] Giusto, nel ’42, nel ’47, sì nel ’46, perché poi ‘l nipote di questa signora nasse nel ’47, a Pola, quindi, giusto nel ’46 , forse era anche il ’45 ‘ncora eh, ‘pena ‘penna finita la guera. So che sé stadi tanti casi a Monfalcon de questo, de bombe, de scoppi, de, ricordo che mio fradel andava a scuola, diseva ‘Ah ma mi, tornavo casa de scola, l’ho visto, ‘l mat in bicicleta, se passà, tirà fora la pistola [mimics gunshot] ghe ha sparado a uno’, pe’ strada eh!, davanti de tutti, quindi ecco questo sé, no sé un ricordo mio ma sé quel che diseva lui, ‘vea cinque anni in più de mi, quindi. Ha visto, ha visto meo de mi quel che era la guera.
AP: Lei me ga parlà de sua mamma con delle cicatrici molto evidenti.
PV: Sì, sì.
AP: Sua mamma cosa g’ala contado de questa , de questo fatto?
PV: Ehh che zera successo in quel, in quela volta che semo ‘ndai a veder el teatro, e che mi ero in braccio de mia mamma, mio fradel era per mano, e prima de entrar nel bunker, stavamo entrando nel bunker, sé stado questo scoppio vicinissimo, dove che ela l’è stada molto ferida, mi me ricordo che ‘veva le cicatrici su una gamba, che da ‘na parte iera entrde delle schegge da l’altra che iera uscide, quindi me ricordo del genocio de mia mamma, e poi della schena de mia mamma, e poi quel ela raccontava che mi ero in braccio de ela, me fradel che iera per man sé rimasto completamente spogliado dallo spostamento d’aria, e poi quel che raccontava che dal cantier vien fora tutti, va in cerca de la gente, mio papà trova mia mamma, torva mio fradel e mi no ’l me trova: ‘l me trova due giorni dopo, no iero né fra i vivi né fra i morti; me trova due giorni dopo tutto, tutto fasciado, probabilmente mi no go dito niente, non, no so quanto che rivavo a cavar o quanto che savevo parlar, e mi no g’avevo niente, ero tuto fassado, ma probabilmente dovudo al sangue de me mama, non mio perché mi no go vudo niente, niente altro che, che questo puntin, penso che poi chi, chito che g’abbi dato importanza a ‘na roba del genere, ma no sé gnanca un graffio, perché no sé un segno esterno, e no sé una roba grossa, perché se g’avevo ‘na roba più grossa probabilmente no ero qua, ehh. Quindi, poi sé tutte ricongiutture che sé restade, mi no go mai dado tant’importanza, serto se fossi viva mia mamma oggi ghe domandassi qualcosa in più, ma perché, perché me sé stado destado un attimo de più interesse su questo, se no, se no.
AP: Certo. Quindi lei no la ga mai parlado con i suoi genitori de queste cose qua ?
PV: Sì, sì se ga parlado perché mi sta roba la so dovù da lori, no.
AP: Certo.
PV: Mio papà ga dita ‘Ciò no trovarte fra i vivi iera longhi, no te go trovà gnanca fra i morti’. E dopo iera vignù fora che quei che era drìo de noi, che mi cono, conossevo, mi no me li ricordo perché no me ricordo quela roba lì, ma la nona e ‘l nipote Paolo sono come mi, lori iera rimasti sotto al bombardamento; e l’è stadi anche più morti quella volta perché chi che era stado fora dal bunker iera spacciado.
AP: Un secondo fa lei la ga parlà de un puntino e la se ga indicà la fronte: de cosa se tratta esattamente?
PV: Una, una stella de metallo, un puntin de metallo. Questo sé venudo fuori dopo quarant’anni quando me sta, me sta diagnosticado due ‘carenze nel visus’ , quindi l’oculista me g’avea diagnosticado de metter su i ociai, e la mia dottoressa la ga voludo che fasso i raggi in testa, che non sia qualcos’altro, e iera vignù fora questo, questo stellina de metallo, questo, che sé in mezzo proprio all’osso, perché leggermente qua a sinistra ‘vemo l’osso spesso sei millimetri circa, in mezzo all’osso sé questa scheggia de metallo, che poi mi, chiedendo, digo come posso cavarmi questa scheggia, e l’unica, l’unica pol esser solo che quel bombardamento perché non, non son mai stado in altri momenti; e poi se te ciapi una qualsiasi roba in testa te resta la cicatrice se te ga un bel taio, ma no te resta dentro niente, questa invece iera proprio un, un niente che sé restado dentro ma che sui raggi se lo vedi, e che me g’aveva molto meraviglià quando sé vignuda fora sta roba, solo che mi g’avevo già ormai quarantacinque anni, sì me g’aveva meravigliado però sé finido là insomma, no, no ghe go dat tanta importanza, no me ga mai dado disturbi e ghe ho dita ‘Questa sé una scheggia americana, domanderò i danni, domanderò la pension ai americani, no’ [laughs], che poi no ho mai fatto niente ovviamente [laughs].
AP: Questo sé un aspetto interessante il, all’epoca, cioè, lei la sé stada una persona che se ga preso una bomba addosso, che cosa la pensava de quei eventi? O come ghe li ga spiegadi? Perché ela la sé stado ferido quando l’era ancora bambino, in genere i bambini da piccoli chiedi ‘Perché?’, chiedi giustificazioni: glila ga chiesto informazioni ai suoi genitori, o i suoi genitori, in qualche maniera, ghe ga spiegado cos’era successo?
PV: Ma se ne ga tanto parlà dela guera, poi la guera no ‘a iera finida nel ’45, ga continuado perché qua da noi ga continuado avanti ancora, gente che spariva, gente che, sé lapidi a Monfalcon del ’47 o ’48 che sé stai copadi qualchidun per motivi politici, per motivi pfff, sì più che altro politici. Monfalcon ga ‘na storia abbastanza, poco, poco conossuda penso, ma sé stado un sacco de gente che ga lassado Monfalcon e che sé ‘ndada nella futura Jugoslavia de Tito, nella democrazia futura, no; sé anche tanti ritornadi, e tanti no sé ritornadi perché no i podeva tornar, ma noi g’avemo g’avudo tantissima gente, quindi quel, la guerra no iera solo la guera de bombardamento, perché qua iera, no iera solo la guera del tedesco; quando mi go visto che sé stado portado via, ecco, mi me ricordo questo, ‘l mio tedesco l’era stado portado via da due neozelandesi, finida la guera, quindi quei giorni là, lui sè stado portado via perché frequentava una signora che era ‘na casa vicin, ma iera ‘na roba normale insomma, l’era ‘na roba, mi son nato nela guerra e quindi par mi la guera doveva esser la roba più normale de ‘st mondo, no; poi finalmente e per fortuna la ga anche finido.
AP: Certo. E adesso a distanza de settant’anni, la pensa ancora che sia una cosa normale? Magari ga cambiado?
PV: Noi no semo più entradi in guerra, però oggi noi gavemo soldati italiani che i sé in venti, venti, venticinque parti nel mondo per le guerre: l’è terribile [emphasis]! Però sé la realtà.
AP: Capisso.
PV: L’Europa no sé più in guera direttamente, forsi, forsi invece la sé, la sé diversa, perché vedemo cos che sé oggi in Europa, eh! [scoffs].Quindi la guera sé sempre. Sé una pochi de anni che digo che l’omo, l’omo sé veramente la, l’animale più bestia, no, le bestie no, sé animali, noi semo bestie, perché se continua a ricoparse come che fossimo, oppure co’ quela ‘Sé notizie?’, ieri sé stado sbarcado milleduecento persone, milleduecento ieri, un giorno l’è sta tremila persone, sbarca la nostra Marina o altre marine anche, in Italia de zente che scampa, ma semo nel 2016, no semo nel ’45.
AP: All’inizio dell’intervista lei la ga usado un’espressione curiosa, “penchi”, ‘penchi, penchi’, che cosa vuol dir? Il suo soldato tedesco.
PV: Eh, ‘l ‘Chechecco’.
AP: Sì.
PV: “Chechecco”. Tedesco par mi iera ‘chechecco”, no, nel mio linguaggioera ‘chechecco” perché co’ ‘na roba che mi gavevo imparado prima de dir altre parole mi g’veo imparado a dir ‘Pà’, questo no melo ricordo mi ma era un racconto de mia mamma che mi andavo dalla signora che abitava sotto de casa mia, che la iera friulana de Campolongo, de, sì me par de Campolongo, e che ‘ndavo a domandarghe ‘Tina, Tina pan’, mi no savevo dir né ‘bongiorno” né niente ma saveo dir ‘Tina pan’ ‘E non lo go ancora fatto, vien dopo’, ‘va ben, va ben, vado de Anna’; andavo de ‘n’altra signora, ‘Anna pan’: mi rivavo aportar casa un tocco de pan che lori i rivava a far e che noi, sì probabilmente iera fatto anche da noi perché mio papà a cio’ ‘l sal a Punta Sdobba co’ la bicicletta e i lo portava in Carnia, pe’ portar casa qualcosa de magnar, come che ha portà casa la capra, faseva anche questo. Però no zera de mia prima persona, sé robe riportade dopo, no, perché mi non le go viste.
AP: Certo.
PV: Eh! [pause] Però sé ricordi de quella volta, ricordi che poi magari mi li go anche lassadi andar, che orami pe’ fortuna no i ga presguido, no, mentre qualchidun, ecco quei ch’era ‘ndati a Pola, dopo anni, quando che sé tornadi, che i me contava, lori i ga continuado ‘na vita così, un poco avventurosa anche dopo, che per noi no la iera insomma.
AP: Bene, ghe vien in mente qualcos’altro?
PV: [pause] No.
AP: Bene Paolo, è stà una bellissima intervista, grazie! Go imparà delle cose che mi, personalmente, no savevo, quindi grazie per ‘verme contà delle cose così interessanti. I miei colleghi all’università sarà contentissime de ‘scoltarla, e quindi se no la ga niente de, d’altro de aggiunger podemo finir qua.
PV: Niente, ringrazio voi e fatene buon uso.
AP: Grazie.
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Interview with Paolo Vivoda
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World War (1939-1945)
Bombing, Aerial
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Paolo Vivoda remembers a bombing attack which started moments before the show of the stage magician Delfo, his mother barely made to the shelter and was injured, others died. Paolo lost contact with his parents, only for them to reappear two days afterwards, alive but covered in bandages. Describes the shelter under his house able to accommodate about 200 people and mentions a friendly German soldier who used to bring sweets and food to the children. Describes the heated political situation in Monfalcone after the war and mentions a recent CT scan which revealed a tiny, painless, metal splinter still embedded in his forehead.
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Alessandro Pesaro
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ita
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Italy
Italy--Monfalcone
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2016-08-01
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Marco Dalla Bona
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Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
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334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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923995 Sgt. D.A. Boldy
[underlined] R.A.F [/underlined]
1941
My darling Dad,
Thanks awfully for your nice letters received just after I had finished my last one to you.
The first cable you received from me which had sans origine on it was from Gibraltir [sic] not home. They never give the place [deleted] from [/deleted] of origin when troops are travelling.
I was sorry to hear about poor old Don. Didn’t realise he must be getting on in years.
Hope Mr Phil Joseph feels better soon. I shall send you some of the last snaps I took in S. Africa as soon as I can get them printed. It is rather difficult at the moment but I shall have another try.
You mustn’t worry about me dad, whatever happens. I am perfectly happy. In fact had another stroke of luck the other day. We had all been given news when we first joined the squadron. My rear gunner has finished his 200 hours & is now off flying. When I learnt that I battled
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like blazes & as a result my best pal Ajan & I are now on the same plane. I am rear gunner, quite a key man in the night raidings these days. We shall give it a good crack together. Real ace gunners together.
Thanks awfully for the birthday wishes & the £-5. We gave it a good bang on my last leave. Should be getting some more leave in about 5 week’s time.
Have only been out once since I last wrote. Went into Lincoln intending to go to a theatre but couldn’t get in, so had a drink & a meal instead. Am quite content to stay in these days. I wish I had my girlfriend Baby here. Have not been in the slightest bit charmed by anyone since I left her – A period of 5 months.
It certainly was damn decent of Shirley to lend me the money. Thanks for stumping up Dad.
No more to-day. God bless and look after you. Lots of love.
[underlined] Dave. [/underlined]
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Letter form from David Boldy to his father about settling in with his friend as air gunners on the same crew. He misses his girl friend Babe, who he left in East London five months before. Thanks for the birthday wishes and the subsequent night out in Lincoln.
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David Boldy
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Great Britain
South Africa
England--Lincolnshire
England--Lincoln
South Africa--East London
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1941
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Karl Williams
air gunner
aircrew
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love and romance
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
Description
An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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Boldy, DA
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ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL,
JALAPAHAR,
DARJEELING,
9.7.33.
My darling Daddy,
Thanks for your letter. I did not do very well in Divinity I got 44, but in Chemistry I came 2nd with 70. the 1st Boy getting 75. We are playing St. Josephs on Wednesday 1st XI match and on Saterday [sic] 2nd XI match. I have torn up the notes of the speech I gave, but I remember what [deleted] to [/deleted] I said so at the end of the letter I will write out the notes. Four of my form boys spoke including me, and the Rector said that the four best speeches of the day was given by my form the fourth form. We did not see poor Mummy yesterday and today because she is not well and does not want us to catch a throat from her. She very kindly asked Mrs. Apcar to take us out instead. Many happy returns of the day Daddy, [deleted] [indecipherable] [/deleted] God bless and keep us all. So sorry for wishing
[page break]
you so late. On Wednessday [sic] we went to Jalapahar and saw a concert. It was very good indeed.
All the forms are giving a concert very shortly. My form is acting “Shivering Shocks”, but we are changing the name to the “Secret of the Formula” or the “Hughes Murder Case.” I am the murderer, and I have an awful lot to learn.
Notes on Debate.
Motion. That the Expedition to Mt. Everest is a waste of Money [sic], lives, and Time [sic].
I am against the motion.
[Underlined] My Notes. [/underlined]
[underlined] Brave Men, the good Conquering Spirit. Courage. [/underlined] People say they are mad, what about when the areoplane [sic] was thought of as mad. A Scientist while inventing something is killed. The Expidition [sic] failed people laugh at the brave men who went up but he who laughs last laughs longest.
I made enlargements on these notes.
With lots of love and kisses your loving son [underlined] David. [/underlined]
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Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Paul’s School in Darjeeling. Writes about school studies, trips out and sends late birthday wishes to his father.
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1933-07-09
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D A Boldy
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334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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St. PAUL’S SCHOOL,
JALAPAHAR
DARJEELING,
13.8.33
My darling Daddy.
Thank you for your letter. I got 45 marks in Physics, [sic] and from 4th that put [deleted] [undecipherable] [/deleted] me down to 6th. One boy beat me by 4, and another by 14. I came 2nd in Latin with 57. It is the first exam of a new month. I did not go out and see Mummy yesterday, because I had to have a rehearsal for out concert. I asked Mummy to come and see my form concert, last night, and she thouroghly [sic] enjoyed it. I was Head [sic] crook. We [deleted] [undecipherable] [/deleted] went out to Mummy today and had a good time. We also went for a ride. We have got 100 pamphlits [sic] now. We have played three matches this week. We lost 5-1 against the police
[page break]
We won 10-0 against some people from Government house, 5 ladies played, so are [sic] boys took it easy and did not play their hardest. We also played against the Sporting Union and beat them 6-2.
We have saved up Rs10/4 and today my lock was broken and Rs8 stolen. I have reported the matter to Mrs. Cox. I think its [sic] disgraceful, whoever took it, must have no conscience. I am giving all our saved money to Mummy now. It will be safe with her.
There was a drawing exam yesterday and I was in Division 3. It is a London Exam. Haven’t I written a [deleted] n [/deleted] nice long letter? I am ending now with lots of love and Kisses from your loving son David.
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Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Paul’s School in Darjeeling. Someone had broken into his locker and stolen some money. Had a visit from his mother and she now keeps his money.
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David Boldy
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1933-08-13
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Two page handwriten letter
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eng
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EBoldyDABoldyAD330813
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Civilian
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1933-08
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Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
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334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Paul’s School in Darjeeling. Complains about not being able to horse ride, due to being caught riding too fast in the High Street. Discusses exams results and has some trips out of school.
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1933-09-03
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1933-09
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
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An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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St.PAUL’S SCHOOL,
JALAPAHAR,
DARJEELING.
5.11.33.
My darling Daddy,
Thanks for your letter. Only a month left now. Mr Shelverton might give me one of his Gordon Setter pups. They are Rs. 250 each. He can’t sell any more so he said if it will get a good home he will see about giving me one. They are thouroughbred [sic]. The mother cost Rs. 1,000 to bring from Scotland and [deleted] his [/deleted] [inserted] the [/inserted] father is a champion. I got 50 marks in Divinity. My leave was stopped for talking in Prep. Mummy came and saw me today. I am getting on very well in tennis, (Singles & Doubles) [sic]. Mrs Pelly gave a party yesterday. Some of the Dio & Queenshill came. We drew for partners & by luck I drew Sylvia even if I hadn’t I would have changed for her. The evening was a thorough sucess [sic]. Mr. Bean ran the show & [deleted] [undecipherable] [/deleted] had a
[page break]
treasure hunt. It was altogether a very good show. Cox has invited me to his place this year. It is near Assansole [sic]. In February is the best time. There is a singles & doubles tournament. Cups are the prizes. I [sic] we go he & I are entering for the doubles. We get beautiful days now, we will work very hard. Stevie has passed his trial exams, & will be sitting for the [deleted] juniors [/deleted] S.C.
I am speaking in the debate today & if I speak well tomorrow being a whole holiday Mr Warner is allowing me out.
No more news today with lots
of love & kisses your loving
son [underlined] David [/underlined].
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Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Paul’s School in Darjeeling. He writes that he is hoping to buy a puppy and Mrs. Pelly held a party which was a great success. Has been invited to his friend Sylvia Cox’s home, most likely in February and will take part in a tennis tournament.
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1933-11-05
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India
India--Darjeeling
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1933-11
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Two page handwriten letter
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eng
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David Boldy
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D A Boldy
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334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL,
JALAPAHAR,
DARJEELING.
November. 12.th 1933.
My darling Daddy.
Thanks for your letter. It is getting very cold now. We went out to Mummy yesterday and today. I got my leave back for speaking well in the debate. I had to make my speech up in two minutes. We went for a ride yesterday & today. I rode a racehorse today and controlled it well. Mummy saw me on it. The whole school is going to the pictures this Saturday to see “All quiet on the Western Front.” It is supposed to be very good. The new Rector Mr. Goddard
[page break]
has been a master in [deleted] Kent [/deleted] Bishop Cottens Simla. [sic] A master in a public School in Kent. He has plenty of experience. He is married and has a baby son 3 months old. He ought - to be a good. Our prize distribution is on the 22. [underlined] nd [/underlined] Mummy’s birthday; & the fair [sic] well dinner is on the 23. [underlined rd [/underlined]
No more news today, with love from your loving son [indecipherable word] [underlined] David. [/underlined]
[underlined] S.P.R. [/underlined]
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Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Paul’s School in Darjeeling. The weather is getting colder, but goes out horse riding and a visit to the pictures. New rector at the school, Mr Goddard, previously a Master from a school in Kent.
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David Boldy
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1933-11-12
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Two page handwriten letter
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eng
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Civilian
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India
India--Darjeeling
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1933-11
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
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An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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ST. PAUL’S SCHOOL,
JALAPAHAR,
DARJEELING.
4th December 1933.
My Darling Daddy.
Thanks for your letter. I went to the Pictures with Mrs Forbes to Destry Rides Again” by Tom Mix.” It was very good. Stevie and I went to the Pictures on Saturday with Mummy to “A Perfect Understanding.” It was not to [sic] good. We went out to Mummy yesterday. With the riding leave stopped I have nothing to do. So I read books. I read Brent of Gatehouse by Gunby Hadath. Also The Sea Hawk, Captain Blood his Odyssey and the Chronicles of Captain Blood. By Rafael Sabatini. They are all very good stories.
Young Cox wrote to me and I wrote back. It is much colder now.
[indecipherable word] Forbes & me go shooting with a daisy air gun. We shot a sparrow
[page break]
each yesterday and ate them.
I hurt my heel badly when vaulting a railing and was in bed for three days. I am out of bed now though. Mrs Forbes says if I had fallen on my heel a little more heavily I [deleted] have [/deleted] would have fractured the bone. No more news today.
With lots of love & Kisses from
your loving son.
[underlined] David. [/underlined]
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Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Paul’s School in Darjeeling, Describes going to the pictures and due to not being allowed to go riding has been reading, to pass the time. Went shooting, shot two sparrows and ate them. Injured his heel badly and spent time in bed.
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David Boldy
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1933-11-27
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Two page handwriten letter
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eng
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EBoldyDABoldyAD331204
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India
India--Darjeeling
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1933-11
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Karl Williams
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sport
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
Description
An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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Boldy, DA
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[school crest]
ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE
NAINI TAL.
[underlined] 5/8/35/. [/underlined]
My darling Daddy.
Thanks ever so much for your nice long letter. I am glad to hear old Don came back. He must have been galavanting. I thought as much Bill would be a match for any of the dogs at Narsingdi. We went out with Mummy for the last Saturday and stayed at the Grand Hotel as Mrs Hearne’s was full up. I prefer Mrs Hearne’s. We had a fine time. The name of the College concert this year is, “The New Boy.” It is quite good and very witty at parts. I will most probably be acting. Please don’t tell Mummy a word about it, as it [deleted] shall [/deleted] will give her a surprise. On Thursday we went to All Saints College concert. It was very good. Mummy acted very well. Nearly everyone said she acted best. Till the evening it was a variety entertainment and then a play
[page break]
was acted, [deleted word] called “ Pedro the Torreador.” The band won this football tournament. They played an exhibition match with the Command last evening and beat them 4-1. The second tournament drawings are out and we play Command “B” first. [deleted] We [/deleted] We are only entering one team. My class teams are together now equal with the VIII and we are both coming first. This interclass tournament continues till the end of this month. A boxing trainer has come to the College and we are having training. So our Boys should do better in the camp boxing this year.
I forgot to say we went to the range some time ago to fire our course. I don’t know how much I [deleted] got [/deleted] scored but I haven’t done badly. I came 11.[underlined] th [/underlined] in class out of 24 boys. That’s not too bad. No more news today. God bless and keep for us. With lots
of love and kisses from
your loving son
[underlined] Dave [/underlined]
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David Boldy
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1935-08-05
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eng
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EBoldyDABoldyAD350805
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Civilian
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India
India--Naini Tal
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1935-08
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Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal. Describes staying a night at the Grand Hotel with his mother, plus the upcoming school concert and other school activities.
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Title
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Two page handwritten letter
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Karl Williams
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
Description
An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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Boldy, DA
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ST JOSEPH’S COLLEGE
NAINI TAL.
[underlined] 11/8/35/. [/underlined]
My own darling Daddy.
Thanks ever so much for your nice letter. Both Steve and I played for the orchestra today. It was a bit difficult being our first time, but we shall soon get into it. The piano is scarcely heard so it doesn’t matter much. [deleted] It [/deleted] The piano is put in so as to complete the harmony or something like that. We saw Mummy on Wednesday evening and last evening I accompanied her to the Capitol and then came back to the College boys. I had my first injection day before yesterday. My arm was a bit painful and didn’t feel too bright, but it did not knock me out. Steve will go soon. His arm is ever so much better. In fact it is very nearly normal. In the inter class tournament my class is still a few points behing [sic] the leading
[page break]
one, but we hope to catch up soon. The second football [deleted] team [/deleted] tournament has begun. P.S.C. “A.” beat a Ranicat team 3-0 and our “A” beat the Command “B” 12-0. With a little luck we might win this tournament. We have not [deleted] hear [/deleted] entered a “B” team this tournament as it would be useless to do so. I was very surprised to hear from Mummy that I had a bad report, especially as I have worked and seldom missed my lessons. The marks of the whole class were low. The boy came first only got two honours one of which was Urdu and that the Urdu master corrected. He got one or two 60’s and 50’s and the rest in the 40’s. I don’t know how I did so badly in Latin considering there were only two questions and I got one almost completely right by heart from the book. Mummy will explain why the marks are so low. Well no more news today. God bless & keep you for us. With lots of Love & kisses
from your loving son
[underlined] David. [/underlined]
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David Boldy
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1935-08-11
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EBoldyDABoldyAD350811
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Civilian
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1935-08
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India
India--Naini Tal
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Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal. Description given about school activities, including playing in the orchestra, having injections and playing in football tournaments. Did not do well with his school marks.
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Karl Skinner
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sport
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
Description
An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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Boldy, DA
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[St. Joseph’s College crest]
ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE
NAINI TAL.
17th August. 1936.
My own darling Daddy.
Thanks ever so much for your letters and all your news. I was wondering how it was that I did not see the picture of our team in the Statesman, but our’s is the Delhi edition. Please God you won’t fade out for a long time and we can repay you for all you have done for us. The Olympic results this year are splendid. I read the account of the fight between Gunboat Jack and Freeman.
Yesterday was a holiday as it was a feast day and we were allowed out. We went for a swim in the morning and to the Matinee in the afternoon. The piece was Eddie Cantor in strike me pink; it was jolly good. In the evening we went to Vals and had quite a nice, though not so jolly as the last Saturday. A lady won the jackpot there with Rs 85 in it rather a big one.
The second hockey tournament has begun. Our “A” have drawn a bye and are in the semi-finals where they meet some
[page break]
Detachment team who beat P.S.C. “A” 3-1. This tommy team is however more name than anything else. Our “B” were knocked by the Band “A” 8-1. We lost only because we did not have our second strongest team out and because of funking and Brother Colagues had choice of the team. They were inexperienced. It was a crime not to have entered a “B” in the first tournament, it would have given us a double chance. The first match of our “B” against the hard “A” (3-1) the first goal our goalkeeper instead of kicking out funked & turned & the opposing forward just tapped the ball into an open goal.
We have not had much rain this month, only six inches so far; just as well as we have had more than our fair share of it so far. Well no more news today, with lots of love and kisses from your loving son
[underlined] David [/underlined]
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Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal. Discusses The Olympics, particularly the boxing match between Gunboat Jack and Freeman. He enjoyed a day’s holiday; swimming, going to the cinema and in the evening visiting Vals. A hockey tournament was held.
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David Boldy
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1936-08-17
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EBoldyDABoldyAD360817
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Civilian
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Great Britain
India--Naini Tal
India
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1936-08
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Andy Hamilton
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sport
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
Description
An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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St. Josephs College
Naini Tal,
Sept. 28th 1936.
My own darling Daddy.
Thank you ever so much for your letter and all your news. We were very lucky and had a bright day for the sports. Though it poured heavily till about an hour before the concert and cleared up within about half an hour of it there was a big crowd present and the concert was a great succes [sic] on all three nights and especially so on the last night the one on which the people from town. Mummy enjoyed it thoroughly and much preferred it to last years one. After it of course we had the usual feed and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We both did fairly well at sports. I got a 3rd for long jump, the half mile and the 220 yds that’s three cups and one for the [deleted] College rel [/deleted] open relay. I was in the College team, two 220’s and [deleted] 2 [/deleted] two 440’s. Steve got a cup for the pluckiest player, one for inter-class relay and the other for Tug-o-War. Steve’s Class beat my class in [inserted] the [/inserted] relay by less than a yard and we would have won only for the fact that one of our good runners was hurt and
[page break]
unable to run. Anyway we got [deleted] three [/deleted] seven cups between us which is fairly good. We have had a fine sports holiday. On Friday evening we went to the flicks and saw “Moscow Nights” which was quite good, having been for a ride in the morning. On Saturday we went skating in the morning, to the matinee in the afternoon, “Shirly Temple in The Littlest Rebel” which was very fine indeed and then to Vals. Sunday was ruined of rain. It rained from morning to evening without a break, so we only went skating. We were hoping for a holiday on Monday, but were not destined to get one.
I believe our College has done fairly well in the shooting, but we know nothing much at the present beyond the fact that we did the best where carrying off cups were concerned. Dad the next Time you see Mr Joseph please tell him I am very sorry for not writing, and will do so the first opportunity I get.
You will probably be charged for our spikes and running pants and tennis shoes but the cups make up for that, Steves [sic] cup for the pluckiest player cost Rs 21. It is very well cut. I have yet to get another prize for that 22 shooting, so we had a bigger haul than last year. Well no more news today, God bless & keep you for us, with lots of love and kisses from your loving son [underlined] David [/underlined]
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Letter from David Boldy to his father with general conversation about attending St. Joseph’s College, Naini Tal. Discussion is given to the sports David and his brother Steve took part in and the prizes won. Mentions other weekend activities, particularly the concert. He sends an apology for not writing to Mr Joseph.
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David Boldy
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1936-09-28
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EBoldyDABoldyAD360928
Coverage
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Civilian
Spatial Coverage
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India
India--Naini Tal
Temporal Coverage
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1936-09
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Andy Hamilton
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sport
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
Description
An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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Boldy, DA
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7 Wallace Street,
300, Marylebone Road,
London, N.W.1.
August 24th 1937.
My own darling Daddy,
Thank you ever so much for your letters and all your news. I am sorry to hear about poor Mrs Ardall and I hope she gets all right soon. I wrote to the Civil Service Commissioners and asked them if I could name a referee in India as I had been there all my life and they said under the circumstances they would accept one from India, so I am giving them Mrs Berties Shincoves’ name. Poor old Aunty Phylis. I do hope she gets allright [sic] soon.
As for Nievses [sic] he will soon enough do what the Frog who tied to swell himself as big as a cow did. He must really have gone nuts. Our weather has improved again and is not so bad. We played tennis the other day and Steve beat me 6-4, 8-6, though I was leading 6-5. The two sets took an hour and ten minutes so you imagine how we were playing. We stopped as our time was up. Uncle Bob and Aunty Maisie have asked us down for Sunday, specially [sic] to play tennis with Uncle Bob, so watch out! The actress has bought a car, but I wouldn’t be seen in it. Our Rolls Royce easily thrashes it so you can imagine what it is like. It is so small you can almost cart it around all over the show.
[page break]
The other day Steve and I went to the Tate Gallery. It is a beautiful place. We listened to the lecture given and though we did not pick up much, we were a little wiser than before we went. Some of the paintings were really fine.
On Sunday we went to the Science Museum. It is an enormous place with every conceivable thing in it. It is a pity you did not go to it, never mind. D.V. you will when you next come. Every kind of animal, bird, mineral, fish etc [deleted] we [/deleted] is there and it is all beautifully done up. I am getting on well at Gloucester Road and working hard. I think Mr Moore is an awful decent chap. We are now regular Londoners and can find our way about quite easily. We are no longer bashful to ask for what we want. The flat is getting on fine and the wireless doing well. We will probably listen to a relay of the Franz-Louis flight. I suppose you will listen in too, I hope Tommy Franz wins.
On second thought I am not going to take lessons in flying as I believe the Air force prefer to teach cadets themselves. I will just go up to see what it is like. Because it is a nuissance [sic] being asked how do you know [deleted] if [/deleted] you will like it. Well no more today Dad, the days are flying, God bless and keep you and bring you back safely to us. With lots of love and kisses from your loving
[underlined] son Dave [/underlined]
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Letter from David Boldy to his father with general discussion tennis matches in London, visiting relatives and trips to the Tate Gallery and the Science Museum. He has written to the Civil Service Commissioner’s providing a character reference and decided not to take flying lessons as he is interested in the Royal Air Force cadets.
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David Boldy
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1937-08-24
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1937-08
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D A Boldy
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334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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7 Wallace Court,
300 Marylebone Rd,
London, N.W.1.,
20th October 1937.
My own darling Dad,
Thanks ever so much for your letter and all your news. I do hope something is done about poor Aunty Phylis, I don’t know what Uncle [indecipherable word] is up to. When Steve came back from hockey we were very pleased to hear that St Mary’s had won 5-2 out [inserted] of [/inserted] which Steve scored three goals, so his place in the team is fairly safe. We had our first fog a couple of days ago and there was the usual toll of accidents. It is a great shame that nothing can be done about. Luckily when Mum went to Kensing [?] the next day the [deleted] fug [/deleted] fog had cleared. Mum enjoyed herself at Kensing [?] and brought back heaps of goodies including chocolate biscuits. Aunty Maisie and Uncle Bob were as please as punch about Steve’s hockey and Aunty Maisie wanted to learn off [sic] the details so that she could repeat them correctly. I am going to try on my suit to-day. Steve has ordered two pairs of grey bags and is having a ready made sports coat altered. It is very nice. I am getting on well in my work. The other day or rather to-day my tutor made us write a question offhand and I got 54%. Probably in the exam about 60%. Which is not so bad. As we came out of class to-day we saw a Punch and Judy
[page break]
show for the first time. It was quite a novel experience.
Steve is getting on well in his work and today for the first time disce [inserted] c[/inserted] ted [?] a frog and from all he said evidently took in quite a deal about the internal organs of the frog. We had a letter from Aunty Beryl, they are on the high seas at present.
I am reading a very good book by Galsworthy called The Forsyth Saga. Although it was rather heavy in the beginning it is grand as it goes on. It deals with about seven generations of [deleted] the [/deleted] a family and has over 1,000 pages. One weeks papers will arrive late as we were in a hurry and missed posting to it.
Well no more to-day Dad, God bless and Keep you and bring you back safely to us, With lots of love
and Kisses from your loving
son [underlined] David [/underlined]
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Letter from David Boldy to his father about London life, studies and his brother Steve. First visit to see a Punch and Judy show.
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David Boldy
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1937-10-20
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1937-10-20
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
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334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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P.S. Many happy returns for to-day, and many more. God bless you & Mum
Love [underlined] Dave [/underlined]
7, Wallace Court,
300 Marylebone Road,
London, N.W.1.,
17th December 1937,
My own darling Daddy,
No letter so far but we have heaps of news. Thank you very much for the hockey, which is a very nice one. It just suits me perfectly. The only fault is that it is a little to [sic] bendy, but as long as it doesn’t break that will not be a fault. Yesterday Mum insisted, so we went to the Charity Show at the Winter Garden Theatre at which the King and Queen were present. We could see the Royal Box clearly and the Queen looked very sweet. The cream of the stage was present. Anna Neagle, Flora Robson, Elizabeth Allen & many others. I got signatures from Yvonne Arnand, Ralph Lynn and Raymond Massey who acted in things to come. Elizabeth Allen passed a foot away from us when we were in the [deleted] eu [/deleted] queue outside. Winifred Sholter was also there, of course heaps of other famous actors & actresses. Most of the [deleted] Actors and [/deleted] Actress’s [sic] looked so sweet that I felt like joining the stage (Ha! Ha!). The show cost us about a pound altogether.
I am working now. And have thoroughly studied two chapters in the book, & read the
[page break]
introduction to another. I should D.V. manage allright. I am not worrying in the least about the services as in reality business offers more scope, as for as money is concerned, than even professions. Even if you start at the bottom, you never know when you might strike rich. So beware, D.A. Boldy, is now thoroughly on the warpath. During the Summer holidays I am definitely going for a cruise or will join some place or other and make a little money.
No visitors lately, thank heavens! Perhaps that is because we have been out more often. On Sunday Mum has asked K.L.M. to tea and she is coming. We played squash this morning and then had a glorious shower after it. The score’s were much closer this time. 9-7, 10-8, 9-4, 9-7, 9-5, Steve won all. I was leading 7-3 and then lost, and 8-2 and then lost. But I think I will soon start winning. We are playing again on Tuesday and possibly once more after that before we go to Aunty Maisie’s. We have been asked to take our tennis kit. Tell Suresh Bahne & Choudin that they might beat us at tennis as we have not been practising. Well no more to-day, Love to all, God bless & Keep you and bring you back safely to us, with lots of love and Kisses from your
loving son
[underlined] David. [/underlined]
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Letter from David Boldy to his father about Charity Show held at the Winter Garden Theatre in London; the king and the queen were present. Will be visiting Aunt Maisie’s for Christmas.
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David Boldy
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1937-12-17
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1937-12
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Anita Reine
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George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952)
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
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334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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7, Wallace Court,
300, Marylebone Rd,
London N. W. 1.,
27th Nov: 1938.
My darling Dad,
Thanks very much for your letter and all your news. The two attractive girls didn’t turn up. Still since then I have been making headway in other directions.
In the first Round Cup match a week ago we beat Battersea Polytechnic 4-2. This Wednesday we meet Imperial College in the 2nd Round & if we beat them we go to the semi-final. Last Wednesday we played against Westminster College who have not been beaten this season. We were leading 2-0 when the game was [deleted] stop [/deleted] abandoned owing to bad weather. Yesterday in the morning I played [indecipherable word] hockey. King’s won 11-4. I was playing goal-keeper back & dribbled the whole field and scored a goal. In the afternoon we played the [indecipherable word] 1st match against Staines I who we beat 2-1. Since the Team has been reorganised and Prince & I (both from India) have played backs with the exception of the first game in which we played we have not lost a game.
After the hockey I came home, had dinner and
[page break]
went in to the informal dance at [indecipherable name] Square. I had a lovely time. Some other law students from King’s were there and also one of two girls doing law with us.
On Thursday I went for a fitting of my tails. The man remarked that it looked as if it was going to be a good fit. It certainly fitted well. I go for a second fitting on Wednesday.
We have had a stroke of luck. As students were wanted for the filming of “Good Bye Mr Chips” [sic] Steve got in with some Mary’s fellows and so did I. We went to Denham on Friday and tried on various clothes. It took us the whole day but was worth it as we received £1 10 each salary [deleted] as extras [/deleted] As we are extras i.e. take part in the crowd scenes etc. I don’t know when we go again. If it is this Monday or Wednesday, I shan’t go as it clashes with two hockey cup matches, otherwise I shall. We may probably make about £10 each out of this.
No more to-day. Love to Mrs Joseph. God bless & keep you & bring you back safely soon to us,
With lots of love & kisses
from your loving son
[underlined] David [/underlined]
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Letter from David Boldy to his father about playing hockey for King’s and studying law. He got included in the filming of Good Bye Mr Chips with his brother Steve, as extras in the crowd scenes, filmed at Denham studios.
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David Boldy
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1938-11-27
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eng
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EBoldyDABoldyAD381127
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Boldy, David
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D A Boldy
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334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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59, Bathurst Mews,
Lancaster Gate,
London W. 2.,
17th March, 1939.
My own darling Dad,
Thanks very much for your letter and all [deleted] your [/deleted] the news. Thanks for your good wishes Dad, if it comes off it will be a God-send, if not I will have lost nothing. To-day one of our lecturers gave us some advice. “The intermediate is passed during the “Easter Vacation”. I shall take the advice & work very hard for this 4 or 5 weeks vacation.
You will be very pleased to hear that I have got my colours for Hockey. We had a game on Wednesday against University College. We lost 2-1. They had one or two regulars missing, not their best. We had two of our best forwards and Dennis the right back not [deleted] miss [/deleted] playing. I think we did very well.
Laws played [indecipherable word] in table tennis the other day. We won 13-12. We were down 12-8 and we won the last five games. It was a splendid effort. We are now in the finals. which are to be played off first thing next term. We [deleted] shall p [/deleted] shall probably have our best players playing next term. I must say the laws faculty has bucked up no end.
I went and so [sic] my tutor to-day. I discussed
[page break]
my work with him then we had quite a friendly chat. He is awfully nice.
We listened in to Chamberlain’s speech tonight and were bucked no end to note the firm line it took. I think Hitler’s occupation of Czecho-Slovakia [sic] is the damned limit. Hitler will bump up against something hard one of these days.
The Law term ended to-day. On Thursday we are going to the end of term dance. It is in dress. I am probably taking Dora. I phoned her up this [deleted] morning [/deleted] evening and will probably take her out tomorrow evening. She is very sweet. I will send you a snap of the two of us walking along Piccadilly at half-past ten at night taken by one of those street photographers. Considering the circumstances the snap is quite good.
We have had quite a mild winter excepting that dreadful [indecipherable word] during Xmas.
Aunty Renee left yesterday after quite an enjoyable stay. Molly was here [deleted] [indecipherable fragment] [/deleted] yesterday for supper.
No more to-day. Love to Mrs Joseph. God bless & keep you and bring you back safely to us.
With lots of love & kisses from your loving son
[underlined] David [/underlined].
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Letter from David Boldy to his father about playing hockey, table tennis and his law faculty. He also listened and commented on Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's speech. He will send a photo of him and Dora, who he has asked to the end-of-term dance.
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David Boldy
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1939-03-17
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EBoldyDABoldyAD390317
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Civilian
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Great Britain
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1939-03
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Nicky Brain
Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940)
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love and romance
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
Description
An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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59, Bathurst Mews,
Lancaster Gate,
London W. 2.,
25th April, 1939.
My own darling Dad,
Thank you very much for your letter and all your news. I have settled down now and am working steadily. The test is on Thursday.
I hope the poor driver can get another job. But there was nothing else for it. As if you save the car expenses that will probably cover your [underlined] fair [/underlined] [inserted] fare [/inserted] here. (this [indecipherable word]!)
I [deleted] sent in the entries for the “Evening News” tennis this evening. Singles and doubles. In the doubles I am not playing with [indecipherable name] as I mentioned in my last letter but with another friend of mine Cecil King. The table tennis faculty final is to be played off sometime next week.
On Sunday, Mum, Steve & I went to the flicks and saw “Café Society” & “The Ware Case”. Both of them were very good indeed. The best [deleted] performance [/deleted] programme we have seen for a long time. Last evening Uncle Martin gave us a look up, but did not stay long. [symbol] College has reopened and what with lectures etc we are kept very busy now thank goodness.
It has become much colder these last few days and we have had a spot of rain. But on the whole
[inserted] [symbol] What nonsense! [indecipherable word] came in about 7.30 for supper to which Martin stayed. He was here from 5 to 9 o’clock! [/inserted]
[page break]
the weather is still good.
The European situation is not very bright, though I should not think there will be a war in the near future as I don’t think Hitler & Mussolini will risk war to get what they want if they cannot get it by mere threats.
I believe King’s are having three hard courts made, which will be a godsend as the present grass courts are the last word. I think they are much worse than the ones we had in [indecipherable place name]. If I play at Mitcham (King’s grounds) it works out so much cheaper as the courts are free.
No more to-day. Love to Mrs Joseph. God bless & keep you and bring you back safely to us. With lots of love & kisses from your loving son
[underlined] David [/underlined].
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Letter form from David Boldy to his father about going to the cinema with his brother Steve and his mother. Comments on the European situation, though he doesn't think there will be a war in the near future.
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David Boldy
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1939-04-25
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EBoldyDABoldyAD390425
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Civilian
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Great Britain
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1939-04
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Nicky Brain
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
Description
An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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59, Bathurst Mews,
Lancaster Gate,
London, W. 2.,
9th July, 1939.
My own darling Dad,
Thanks very much for your letter and all your news.
Soon after the exam Ronnie and I applied for jobs on a farm as I told you. Our applications have been accepted. We leave town tomorrow. We get 34/6 a week. Board & lodging costs approximately 25/- a week so that leaves 10/-. Still it will be a novel experience, and will build our bodies up. Also we will spend much less money on pleasure than we would in town. The place we are going to is Ipswich about 70 miles from London. [deleted fragment] I am glad we got the jobs, as Steve will also be away off and on and it will mean Mummy will have a long rest, which is just what she needs.
Yes Dad keep your chin up, please God we will all be together again soon. Things (I mean as regards our careers) should be much clearer in about a year.
I played Peter in tennis the other day
[page break]
and we enjoyed it. Day before yesterday, I went to a sherry party at Peter’s place and we had a very nice time. Cecil also went and a few others [deleted] so [/deleted] I knew.
Yesterday I went to the Harvey’s and Helen, Basil, Winnie, Freddie, Dora and I went to a play “While Parents Sleep” at a place in Edgeware Road. It was absolutely marvellous. We then went back to their place and had an amusing party. I went over and said goodbye to them this afternoon. I also went with them and Steve to Mrs Dawsons to say goodbye. Steve went off to the flicks, Mum is still at Mrs Dawsons and I am about to go to a flick.
John left for India the other day. I think he enjoyed staying with us. He thanked Mum warmly for the way in which she looked after him.
The results will be out in about 11 or 12 days. D.V. I have passed. No more to-day. God bless & keep you and bring you back safely to us. With lots of love & kisses, from your loving son
[underlined] David [/underlined].
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Letter from David Boldy to his father about bout leaving London for a farm job in Ipswich with his friend Ronnie. His Brother Steve will also be leaving. David played tennis and went to see a play.
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1939-07-09
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EBoldyDABoldyAD390709
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Great Britain
England--London
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1939-07
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David Boldy
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Nicky Brain
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
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An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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59, Bathurst Mews,
Lancaster Gate,
London, W.2.,
15th February, 1940
My darling Dad,
Thanks very much for your letter and all your news. I’m sorry to hear you had such bad luck in the Tennis. It is very hard to pick up after being almost sure of the match you start going the other way.
I am still doing nothing. If I can’t land any sort of a paid job soon I shall have no alternative but to join an A.R.P. Station as an unpaid worker. The only trouble is that you are usually out of pocket yourself if you do this. Still I suppose it is better than hanging around doing nothing. Also as at present there seems to be no developement[sic] in the fighting I dare say I shall have my full period of working.
Ian Dawson was in London for a few days. Ian [indecipherable] us hit the high lights or rather attempted to. We had a very enjoyable evening with Helen & Winnie, [indecipherable] with
[page break]
them was an awful flop.
I bought some very neat torches the other day but unfortunately I broke one. I shall probably take it back to the shop tomorrow and see what can be done.
The other night I went to a flick with Peter. “Hell’s Kitchen” – The Dead end kids were in it. It was an [indecipherable] good film. Peter & I were unaccompanied. This is a second day outing and we thoroughly enjoyed it. After the show we had something at the Corner House. At a table near us were a few young men, well pickled and before we left they had cut off their ties from just below the [deleted][indecipherable][/deleted] knot and when we left were trying to persuade the waiter to do the same.
No more to-day. God bless you. With lots
of love & kisses from
your loving son
David.
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World War (1939-1945)
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Letter from David Boldy to his father about being out of paid work.
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David Boldy
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1940-02-15
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EBoldyDABoldyAD400215
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Civilian
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Great Britain
England--London
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1940-02
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Steve Baldwin
Air Raid Precautions
civil defence
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
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An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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Boldy, DA
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Scotland.
2nd. June.
1940
My darling Dad,
We are more or less used to the routine of the station we are now at. It is an operational station & consequently we have quite an easy time. So far we have had no duties to perform. There are some lovely fighter planes here Spitfires & Hurricanes; Also a couple of trainers. We will probably go up for a flip before we leave and are posted.
We were [deleted] posted [/deleted] payed [sic] the other day & decided to Celebrate in Edinburgh. We went to the Scottish Art Exhibition which was very interesting. There were a couple of Royal Academy paintings hanging up. after that we had some Tea and then went to a variety show which was excellent. We were in the stalls for 1/-. A lady behind us bought the three of us a two penny slab of chocolate each. Awfully decent of her. She had a couple
[page break]
of kids with [deleted] us [/deleted] here [sic]. After the show we went dancing to the local night club for 1/6, and had to leave just when things were livening up.
the B.E.F. for all the battering they got put up a damn good show. I still think we will beat Hell out of Hitler & Co before long, even if Mussolini comes in Though I must say Hitler has done pretty well so far.
It is Sunday to-day & most of us are just lazing around the [indecipherable]. I shall not go out for as couple of days. I am conserving my financial power 2/- a day for the strategic moments. Of course I have had a very liberal allowance from Mum so far. I shan’t need any money or not much when I start drawing 6/6 a day.
No more to-day. God bless & keep you for us.
[underlined] Love Dave [/underlined].
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Letter from David Boldy to his father about being stationed in Scotland and visiting Edinburgh.
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David Boldy
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1940-06-02
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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EBoldyDABoldyAD400602
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Royal Air Force
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Scotland
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1940-06
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Steve Baldwin
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Boldy, David
Dave Boldy
D A Boldy
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An account of the resource
334 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant David Adrian Boldy (1918 – 1942, 923995 Royal Air Force) and consists of his school reports, letters from school and photographs of family and locations in India, letters from training and service, and photographs from his social life and time training. It also includes newspaper cuttings and letters about him being missing in action. David Boldy was born and attended school in India and studied law at Kings College London. He volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as an air gunner in South Africa. He flew operations in Manchesters and Lancasters with 207 Squadron from RAF Bottesford. His aircraft failed to return from an operation to Gdańsk 11 July 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by David Boldy and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.<br /><br />Additional information on David Boldy is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/102182/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.
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Boldy, DA
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From D. A. Boldy.
D Flight, No 3 Squadron,
No 5 I.T.W.
R.A.F. Torquay.
R.A.F. Torquay.
28th August. 1940.
My darling Dad,
Thanks for your letter. I am glad to hear you are back at work & hope you have a successful season.
About ten days ago I came back from my week’s leave. I had a wonderful time & thoroughly enjoyed myself. Steve also took a week’s leave. Peter my friend who had joined the navy was also in London on 28 days sick leave as he had been wounded. He is quite allright [sic] now. All of us felt terribly tired out when we got back as we had hit the hay, but it was worth it.
I have finished the initial course & now await posting to a navigation school. My average for the whole was 90%. At the moment we are still doing the same as before, drill, P.T. & lectures. I am enclosing a photograph of myself in flying kit, I hope you like it. It is rather a good one. I haven’t been up yet but will go up at the next place.
The weather has been very good. I have have [sic] had some very good tennis & won two
[page break]
mixed doubles tournaments at the Torquay Club. I got 5/- each time. We swim now & again. I had a good swim yesterday. We still do a lot of work though & seem to feel perpetually tired. [indecipherable word] everyone remarked how fit I looked. We have had several warnings since I have been back & [deleted] Lodon [/deleted] London is having a number. They don’t worry us at all, we can take it & some day the Jerries are going to get a mouthful they won’t be able to swallow.
I only realised a short time ago that Steve had got through more than half his course. Another two years & he should be a qualified Doctor. Good for him. I have now been over 4 months in the R.A F. I am an L.A.C. (Leading Aircraftsman) & earn, £3 10s a fortnight. No more Today.
God bless you
[underlined] Love Dave. [/underlined]
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World War (1939-1945)
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Letter from Leading Aircraftsman David Boldy to his father about being on leave from the Royal Air Force with his brother Steve and Peter, a friend who was wounded in the Navy. He has completed the initial course and awaits posting to navigation school. He sends a photo in flying kit. Steve is more than half way through his medical training, and they got to play tennis in Torquay.
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David Boldy
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1940-08-28
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EBoldyDABoldyAD400828
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Great Britain
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England--Devon
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1940-08
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Two page handwritten letter
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eng
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Royal Air Force
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Letter from David Boldy to his father
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Steve Christian
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RAF Torquay
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