Geoffrey Beckett's diary

Title

Geoffrey Beckett's diary

Description

Diary from 7 November 1941. Notes being posted to air gunner course after ITW. Posted to Bridlington then RAF Llandwrog. Daily diary from 21 March 1942. Goes on to describes daily activities and training including flying. Writes about leaves and other activities. Continues diary until end of course at Llandwrog in June 1942 and posted to Finningley. Nearly daily entries, describes leave. Gave up diary 19 June 1942. Restarts October 6/7 1942. Details operations to Osnabruck, Genoa, Hamburg, Turin, Stuttgart and Turin again from 6 October to 9 December - last entry.

Creator

Date

1942-03-21
1942-03
1942-04
1942-05
1942-06
1942-06-19
1942-10-06
1942-10-07
1942-11
1942-12-08
1942-12-09

Language

Format

Multi-page booklet with handwritten entries

Rights

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Identifier

YBeckettG622136v1

Collection

Citation

G Beckett, “Geoffrey Beckett's diary,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 13, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/41462.