King George Hospital
Royal Air Force Base
Colchester, England
September 30, 1940
Dear mother,
Hello, mother. How are you doing? I hope everything is fine with you. I am rather well. I'm writing to you from one of the recovery rooms in our base hospital. I had quite a few injuries on my hands, arms, and chest. Most of them have healed. Yesterday, the doctors performed a grafting on my burnt arms. Even though the battle had ended, there was scarcely any food left in London and nearby cities as the Nazi had bombed London so many times and the supply lines were disrupted. Therefore, the rations here are very low. We have barely any food here, but I feel energetic when I think of seeing you in a few weeks. I have been granted to leave and will be home about next week or so.
Mother, when I left to join the Royal Air Force (RAF), I know you were very worried and tried your best to stop me from joining. But today, I am proud to have fought got my country. I am glad to be in part of protecting my own country, even if the conditions were harsh and needed some sacrifices. I can still imagine the battle vividly. The war between Britain and the Nazi started on July 10, 1940 as you might remember; it was the day when the Nazi air force called the Luftwaffe started attacking us for control over the Straits of Dover. The attack continued for weeks. But guess what, mother. The RAF guarded Britain quite successfully from the Nazi. From August 23rd to September 6th, many Nazi's bombing planes reached Britain and bombed the cities such as London, Coventry, and Plymouth. Thank god, you have fled to the country side or else I would have been worrying about you till now.
The battle finally ended on September 15, 1940 as Hitler's threat of invading Britain ended. The Nazi realized that they couldn't defeat the RAF with Luftwaffe. I heard that they turned to the next target, Russia. Therefore, I don't think you need to worry anymore about the Nazi invading Britain, I will tell you more about the war with more descriptive details once I get back, mother. I miss you so much, and I love you.
Love,
James L. Harper
Information Sources:
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battleofbritain.htm
http://www.raf.mod.uk/Bob1940/background.html
http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/britain_40.htm
http://www.raf.mod.uk/Bob1940/background.html
http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/britain_40.htm
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