Aircraft incident report

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Title

Aircraft incident report

Description

Aircraft incident report concerning loss of Lancaster bomber. Aircraft exploded after fire caused by another aircraft. Details reported by navigator, who was the only survivor. RJ Beckett was mid-upper gunner.

Date

1945

Temporal Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Language

Format

Two page typed proforma document with interviewee's answers typed in

Rights

This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.

Identifier

MJBeckettRJ1482487-190911-020001, MJBeckettRJ1482487-190911-020002

Citation

Special Administrative Section, RAF Brighton, “Aircraft incident report,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 8, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/56930.