Hi Russell
I noticed this as well.
If you look at all of his reports for 1940 you will notice that some are written in a different hand and these have H W Atkinson written in capitals. I presume that these were written up by an IO or someone else when Atkinson was being interviewed after landing.
The others are in his own writing and are signed. The signature can be interpreted as H W or H D, the D having a swirl in the bottom part of the letter.
Anyhow, it wasn't until his casualty report was released that I was completely convinced that H D was correct.
The report contains a letter from 213 Sqn's CO to Atkinson's parents and is clearly identified as H D Atkinson, other correspondence in the file also confirms H D Atkinson including a next of kin contact sheet.
regards
Gerry
