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Victor Oldcorn's letters home whilst training to be a pilot in Canada

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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:21 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

These photocopies of letters received by my Aunt from her brother, my Dad, were the starting point of my research into his time in the RAF in WW2. I also have other items of his such as his Wings, cap badge, identification tag, and so on.

History

Item list and details

1 and 2 Letter to Mum and Dad from Bowden, Alberta 19/3/43 3 and 4. Letter to sister Anne from Souris, Manitoba 25/5/43 5 and 6. Letter to sister Anne from Souris Manitoba 3/6/43 7 and 8 Letter to sister Anne from Souris 19/6/43 9 and 10 Letter to Anne from Souris 2/7/43 11 and 12. Letter to Anne from Souris 19/7/43 13 and 14 Letter to Anne from RAF Station MPO 106 Port Albert Ontario 2/9/43

Person the story/items relate to

Victor Oldcorn

Person who shared the story/items

Avril Hardie

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

He was my Dad

Type of submission

Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.

Record ID

105323