It would be impossible for each of us share the same emotions that the families of servicemen felt when they first learned their loved one was listed as Missing.
Reading each of these letters which the Dunn family received and putting yourself in their place may give you some idea of what the families back home went through as the weeks and for some months past waiting for that final answer.
Dreading each new letter as they arrived.

June 6th - 13 Days after Loss of Halifax JB862