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5 June1940
exact date of 05 of June 1940
day of the month 05 June 1940
calendar day - 06 of June year - 1940
month of Junedecade of the 1940s.
1900s century


To: Mrs. E.I.J.Bell
11 Evelyn Court, Cheltenham.


From: Edward Jordan Bell
Brough, Yorkshire, England ..


No.4 E.F.T.S
Brough
5/5/40

My Dear Mummy,

You will be pleased to hear that I did my first solo yesterday and followed it up with a couple more. I have just come down from doing an hour now and am writing this by the time office hence the reason for the pencil.

It took quite a little while before I went solo by my instructor didn't hurry me and I made sure of what I know before I went up. It was a grand feeling, the first time up by myself, nobody to tell you what to do or correct you, the whole plane was yours to do as you liked with. I have done about 3hrs solo now and about 16hrs dual, so am beginning to feel I know a little about flying though I have got a devil of a lot more to learn yet. I am going to try and come home next week end all being well. I shan't be able to come by car





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of course, it will have to be by train and will, I fear take a devil of time. I don't arrive till about 4 a.m. Saturday morning. We get our half term exams some time this week so am pretty busy swatting up what I have done so far which is quite a bit. Am just going to get some lunch and then we fly all afternoon. We'll have had lunch and am just down after doing another hour's solo. I am going to do a bit more dual a little later in the afternoon.

I'm afraid you won't get this letter till Tuesday as there is no post here on Sunday and I shan't be able to get to the P.O. It is absolutely wonderful weather here I only hope it stays like it. It is frightfully hot sitting about on the aerodrome but heavenly in the air. Siddal and I had dinner again with our instructor on Friday night and with a very amusing army officer who was doing security police duties, which proved to be very interesting!





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Went into Hull on Saturday and saw "On the Night of the Fire" with Diana Wynard and Raphl Richardson, Very good acting but very morbid. Well I must close now, have got some more letters to write and some work to do.

Please give my love to Grandma
All my love
Teddie





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