Description
Object description
148 ms letters (311pp) and 7 ms airgraphs written by him to his wife during his service as a radar operator with the Royal Air Force (April 1941 - September 1945), covering his training at Loughborough College (April - May 1941), his posting as Pilot Officer to RAF Stanmore Common, Felixstowe in Suffolk and Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire (June - December 1941), as a Flying Officer to RAF Stanmore (January - July 1942), as Flight Lieutenant to Bawdsey, Norfolk and Leighton Buzzard (July - December 1942), his overseas service on the Combined Operations headquarters landing ship HMS LARGS (March - November 1943), and return to the United Kingdom to No 105 Wing at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire (December 1943), then to RAF Kirkham, Preston and Stanmore (January - March 1944), and his posting to No 2 Group Advanced Disarmament HQ, RAF at Detmold, Germany (June - September 1945), including details of his RAF training and on the daily routine of service life, his involvement in the action at Pantellaria and Sicily (July 1943), his impressions of the ports visited in Egypt and the Mediterranean, his interesting journey across Europe to Germany (June 1945), and comments on living conditions and fraternisation.
Content description
148 ms letters (311pp) and 7 ms airgraphs written by him to his wife during his service as a radar operator with the Royal Air Force (April 1941 - September 1945), covering his training at Loughborough College (April - May 1941), his posting as Pilot Officer to RAF Stanmore Common, Felixstowe in Suffolk and Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire (June - December 1941), as a Flying Officer to RAF Stanmore (January - July 1942), as Flight Lieutenant to Bawdsey, Norfolk and Leighton Buzzard (July - December 1942), his overseas service on the Combined Operations headquarters landing ship HMS LARGS (March - November 1943), and return to the United Kingdom to No 105 Wing at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire (December 1943), then to RAF Kirkham, Preston and Stanmore (January - March 1944), and his posting to No 2 Group Advanced Disarmament HQ, RAF at Detmold, Germany (June - September 1945), including details of his RAF training and on the daily routine of service life, his involvement in the action at Pantellaria and Sicily (July 1943), his impressions of the ports visited in Egypt and the Mediterranean, his interesting journey across Europe to Germany (June 1945), and comments on living conditions and fraternisation.
History note
Cataloguer PJB
History note
Catalogue date 2002-10