Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Title
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Description
He thanks her for her letter and photograph. he hopes to get away on leave a little earlier. They have been doing POW trips and Cook's tours for ground staff.
Creator
Date
1945-05-24
Temporal Coverage
Coverage
Language
Format
Two double sided handwritten sheets and envelope (both sides)
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Contributor
Identifier
EDarbyCAHWellandJ450524
Transcription
[postage stamp] [postmark]
Miss J. Welland,
7. Queens Drive
Surbiton
Surrey.
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TEL. NO
WICKHAMBROOK 259.
OFFICERS’ MESS,
R.A.F. STATION,
STRADISHALL,
NR. NEWMARKET
Wednesday.
My dearest Jean,
Thanks so much for your last letter written on Sunday and also the photograph, shall be glad to see the others when I come back on leave. At the moment we’re going on Saturday 2nd, if we can wangle it we may get away Friday night, we should have a day off Saturday if we are on training programme
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but these last few days the P.O.W. trips have been on, also they are taking ground staff chaps on a tour of German bomb damage, about a six hour trip.
Am sorry to hear about the Toby Jug, we seem out of luck at the moment, I’m waiting to hear about the Nuffield effort, hope that’s O.K, if you do hear of any other places to stay you might make a note of them as they may come in useful, yesterday your remarks on ‘Burnt Stub, well I’ll deal with you
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when I come home, you won’t need a cage!
Was quite surprised yesterday to received [sic] a letter from Jack Bass, he’s still in England, at an airfield in Hampshire not far from Bournemouth where his wife and daughter is living, can tell you some people are very lucky.
Well, darling theres not much more to write about, hope Mother & Dad are both O.K.
by the way any development on
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our kitchen front?
Cheerio for now, am looking forward to Saturday week!.
All my love, darling,
Jack
Miss J. Welland,
7. Queens Drive
Surbiton
Surrey.
[inserted] 24.5.45 [/inserted]
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[page break]
TEL. NO
WICKHAMBROOK 259.
OFFICERS’ MESS,
R.A.F. STATION,
STRADISHALL,
NR. NEWMARKET
Wednesday.
My dearest Jean,
Thanks so much for your last letter written on Sunday and also the photograph, shall be glad to see the others when I come back on leave. At the moment we’re going on Saturday 2nd, if we can wangle it we may get away Friday night, we should have a day off Saturday if we are on training programme
[page break]
2.
but these last few days the P.O.W. trips have been on, also they are taking ground staff chaps on a tour of German bomb damage, about a six hour trip.
Am sorry to hear about the Toby Jug, we seem out of luck at the moment, I’m waiting to hear about the Nuffield effort, hope that’s O.K, if you do hear of any other places to stay you might make a note of them as they may come in useful, yesterday your remarks on ‘Burnt Stub, well I’ll deal with you
[page break]
3/
when I come home, you won’t need a cage!
Was quite surprised yesterday to received [sic] a letter from Jack Bass, he’s still in England, at an airfield in Hampshire not far from Bournemouth where his wife and daughter is living, can tell you some people are very lucky.
Well, darling theres not much more to write about, hope Mother & Dad are both O.K.
by the way any development on
[page break]
4/
our kitchen front?
Cheerio for now, am looking forward to Saturday week!.
All my love, darling,
Jack
Collection
Citation
Jack Darby, “Letter from Jack Darby to Jean,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 16, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/collections/document/40145.