M9353 Regret to inform you that advice has been received from the Royal Canaian Air Force casualties officer overseas that your son Pilot Officer Dennis John Quinlan J six one three nought is reported missing as the result of air operations on August sixteenth nineteen forty two stop in the best interests possible safety of your son you are requested to withold any information from the press or radio until his name appears in official casualty list five weeks hence stop.
Letter follows.
Chief of Air Staff