An Airman's Lost Letters

A note from the Editors: Oliver gets passed as fit, but is still waiting to be posted back to a Squadron. Also very difficult to read his review of the concert party without 'Blackadder' in the back of my mind. Franked 3 SP 17 Mrs Chas. E. Pearson, Hillcrest, Lowdham, Notts. Letter No. 13 70 Squadron RFC BEF France 1 Sept 1917 Letter no 13 Dear Mother Isn’t it rotten I haven’t been posted back yet but live in hope as other fellows are being posted to other squadrons flying the same machines but none go to 70. I had a jolly fine time last night. I was mooning around in ----------- when I was hailed in a loud voice from a tender & there was my pal Smith Grant & lots of other 70 fellows all going to a concert so of course away I went with them. We went to see the “Crumps” concert party. They are jolly good & very famous. They have a chap who dresses as a girl who is simply fine. His (her) picture apeared in the Tatler or the Sketch for last week. Her n

A note from the Editors: A short BBC news clip of a Sopwith Camel.

A note from the Editors: Still recovering in hospital. Also interesting to note, in our modern lifestyles where so much is disposable, especially if broken, that Oliver's goggles that were smashed in his crash have been sent away to be repaired! Franked 1 SP 17 Mrs Chas. E. Pearson, Hillcrest, Lowdham, Notts. Letter No. 12 70 Squadron RFC BEF France 29.8.17 Dear Mother I have just had a letter from you dated 19.8.17 & as it’s the first I have had for a fortnight you bet I was pleased. I have also had the first instalment of papers which are very welcome indeed as I am very short of literature. I have just finished the Tale of Two Cities & am now reading Pickwick which I have often tried to read befor but never got beyond the first chapter. I am enjoying it immensely. I don’t know how Jim would recognise a Camel as I more than suspect he has never seen one as there is only one aerodrome in England where there are any. What you saw was most probably a DH5