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Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two
- Date
- 1926-1946
- By
- Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force
- Reference
- MS-Group-0251
- Description
Collection comprises chiefly of correspondence between Boaden and his family written between 1941 and 1942. Also includes letters written prior to enlistment and in training, letters from his Aunt May Townend, his pilot's flying log, correspondence relating to his disappearance on operations, school reports (Ellerslie and Auckland Grammar), university examination results, miscellaneous certificates, newspaper clippings relating to his cricket and shooting achievements and various testimonials of character
Source of title - Supplied
Quantity: 12 folder(s). 2 volume(s). 0.12 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Holographs, mss, printed matter and photographs
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr W F Boaden, Jul 1993 and Apr 1995
Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - Miscellaneous medals relating to Boaden's war service - To Photographic Archive - Miscellaneous photographs from Boaden's childhood days to his service in the RNZAF.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 12 folder(s), 2 volume(s), 0.12 Linear Metres, Personal correspondence, Certificates, Logs (Records), Records (Documents), Clippings, Publications (Documents), Holographs, mss, printed matter and photographs
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Letters concerning death of F B Boaden
Date: 1942-1943
From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-5245-5
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters from Aunt May Townend
Date: 1942
From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-5245-3
Description: Letters written by F B Boaden's third cousin 'Aunt May' in Cornwall to his parents; includes photocopies of photographs enclosed with letters Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters written during training
Date: 1941
From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-5245-2
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Letters and postcards en route to England
Date: 1942
From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-5245-4
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Family correspondence and photographs
Date: 1941-1942
From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two
Reference: MSZ-0606
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Miscellaneous certificates and university examination results
Date: 1931-1940
From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-4808-4
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Examination results (Auckland Grammar) and annual reunion programmes
Date: 1931-1937
From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-4808-3
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Examination results (Ellerslie School)
Date: 1928-1930
From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-4808-2
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Flying log
Date: 1941-1942
From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two
Reference: MSX-3710
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Correspondence as a civilian
Date: 1940-1941
From: Boaden, Frank Bruce, 1918-1942 : Papers relating to service in Bomber Command during World War Two
Reference: MS-Papers-5245-1
Description: Describes his life and work as survey cadet with Lands and Survey in Hawkes Bay before his enlistment Quantity: 1 folder(s).