Edward Beckett

Edward Beckett

Short biograph of Edward Beckett, Geoff's oldest brother. Front page - half photograph of squadron in front of ns on the wings of a Lancaster. Annotated 'LAC Ted Beckett with 460 (Australian) Squadron 1943. Ted marked with dot below wing of Lancaster B1, W4783 AR-G, completed 79 missions here and 90 in total'.
Second page. Left middle - half length portrait of an airman in uniform and woman wearing jacket and hat. Captioned 'Ted and his wife Mary, photographed together in Blackpoll early 1945. He was on embarkation leave for Egypt a week later'.
Right middle - half length image portrait of an airmen wearing tunic. Captioned 'Leading airman Edward Moore Beckett. RAF armourer on 460(Australian) Squadron. Photographed in Edinburgh while on 72 hour pass in 1944'.
Bottom - squadron photograph with men on top of wings and standing and sitting in front of a Lancaster. Captioned 'Lancaster B1 W4783 of No 460 (Australia) Squadron photographed at RAF Binbrook with the squadron personnel, having completed 79 missions out of a final total of 90. She is now preserved in the Australian War Museum Canberra'.
Continues with other biographic points.

1943

1945

1944

Four b/w photographs and printed document

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