HL Cousins]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Middlewich]]> England--Crewe (Cheshire East)]]> England--Oakham (Rutland)]]> England--Grantham]]> England--Melton Mowbray]]> England--Horncastle]]> England--Prestatyn]]> England--Chatteris]]> England--Gainsborough]]> England--Nottingham]]> England--Leicester]]> England--Peterborough]]> England--London]]> England--Bournemouth]]> England--Lincoln]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> England--The Wash]]> England--Sleaford (Lincolnshire)]]> England--Cromer]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Liverpool]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Norway]]> Norway--Bergen]]> England--Ipswich]]> Germany--Dusseldorf]]> England--Mablethorpe]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Cologne]]> France--Calais]]> England--Ipswich]]> Netherlands--Vlissingen]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> England--Bristol]]> England--Plymouth]]> Wales--Porthcawl]]> Germany--Aachen]]> England--Devon]]> England--Stamford]]> Germany--Borkum]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany--Wangerooge Island]]> 1941]]> Ken Hemmings]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--York]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Whitby]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> England--Birmingham]]> England--Wetherby]]> England--Leeds]]> Norway]]> Norway--Tønsberg]]> Germany]]> Germany--Flensburg]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> Germany--Kiel]]> England--Norwich]]> Denmark]]> Denmark--Copenhagen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Bonn]]> Germany--Essen]]> England--London]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Blankenberge]]> Germany--Celle]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Sylt]]> Germany--Hameln]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Austria]]> Austria--Hartberg]]> In January 1942 he flew as part of a six aircraft ferry flight from Egypt to the Far East, travelling via Habbaniya, Bahrain, Sharja, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon and finally Sumatra. He carried out both day and night attacks on Japanese landing forces, fleet units and positions around Palembang and Java, often in difficult conditions with poor facilities and heavy losses. During the collapse of Java he escaped on foot from Kalidjati with a small mixed group before being captured near Tjilatjap.
He spent more than three years as a prisoner of war, first in solitary confinement and then in camps at Tjilatjap, Bandoeng, Changi and Kranji, taking part in work parties and camp duties until liberation in 1945. After repatriation he returned to Britain and was demobilised later that year.]]> George Milson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Maureen Clarke]]> Claire Campbell]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. 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He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and a rare Soviet Medal for Valour, flew in the first 1,000-bomber raid, and filmed the liberation of Europe with the RAF’s No.1 Film Production Unit.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Campbell]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Navy]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Initial training at No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School and 225 Squadron. Posted to 149 Squadron for operations in December 1940. In April 1941 posted to the Middle East with 148 Squadron, returning to the United Kingdom in September 1941. Become an Air Gunner Instructor in February 1942 with No. 1 Air Armament School. Further posting as an Instructor to No. 4 Air Observer’s School. February 1943 saw a posting to the Central Gunnery School as an Air Gunner for further training before returning to No. 4 Air Observer’s School as an Air Gunner Instructor.

His second operational posting was to 101 Squadron in February 1944. A further operational posting to 103 Squadron in November.
On 3rd/4th October 1945 his aircraft was reported missing over the Mediterranean Sea during an Operation Dodge flight carrying 17 ATS females and two Army Nursing Sisters as well as the crew of six.

Served at RAF Evanton, RAF Old Sarum, RAF Tilshead, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Manby, RAF West Freugh, RAF Syerston, RAF Sutton Bridge, RAF Ingham, RAF Elsham Wolds, RAF Glatton, RAF Kabrit (Egypt).

Aircraft flown were Harrow, Battle, Hector, Lysander, Wellington, Botha, Anson, Lancaster, Oxford, Martinet.

With 149 Squadron he flew 15 night operations to targets including Mannheim, Lorient, Bremen, Gelsenkirchen, Wilhelmshaven, Hannover, Brest, Kiel, Cologne. His pilots were Flt/Sgt Marr, Flt/Sgt Goss, Flt/Sgt Hawley, Flt/Sgt Milsted,
With 148 Squadron, 21 night operations to Gazala, Benghazi, Karpathos, Heraklion, Tripoli, Naples, Messina, Palermo, His pilot in 148 Squadron was Flt/Sgt Milsted.
A single night operation while with No. 4 Air Observer’s School to Danzig, his pilot being Pilot Officer Curtin.
20 night operations with 101 Squadron to Leipzig, Stuttgart, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Frankfurt, Berlin, Essen, Nuremburg, Aulnoye, Aachen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, Friedrichshafen, Hasselt, Orleans. With this squadron his pilots were P/O Evans, P/O Holland, (P/O Waughman.
Finally a total 17 bombing operations with 103 Squadron (7 day, 10 night). Targets included Wanne-Eickel, Samso Fjord, Denmark, Nuremburg, Munich, Merseburg, Stuttgart, Ludwigshafen, Bottrop, Gelsenkirchen, Chemnitz, Essen, Dortmund, Hannover, Paderborn, Hamburg, Mining-Kattegat, Bremen.
Also 1 Operation Manna (Rotterdam), 2 Operation Exodus (Brussels) and 2 Operation Dodge (Pomigliano).
Pilots included Flight Lieutenant Garton, Squadron Leader Hague, Flying Officer Saxe, Flying Officer Mosley, Flying Officer Wright, Squadron Leader Butler, Flight Lieutenant Anderson, and Flight Lieutenant Newman.

Newspaper clippings of the last flight in October 1945 included.

The last couple of pages of the logbook have been signed by those who attended the squadron reunion at Elsham in 1995.


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Bomber Command]]> Algeria]]> Belgium]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Malta]]> Netherlands]]> Italy]]> Tunisia]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Belgium--Ghent]]> Belgium--Zeebrugge]]> France--Bétheniville]]> France--Brest]]> France--Caen]]> France--Calais]]> France--Dunkerque]]> France--Le Havre]]> France--Marne]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> Germany--Borkum]]> Germany--Sylt]]> Gibraltar]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Guernsey]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Italy--Pantelleria Island]]> Netherlands--Amsterdam]]> Netherlands--Den Helder]]> Netherlands--Deurne]]> Netherlands--Ijmuiden]]> Netherlands--Leiden]]> Netherlands--Soesterberg]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> Netherlands--Tilburg]]> Netherlands--Zandvoort]]> Tunisia--Sfax]]> Netherlands--Vlieland]]> France--Cap Gris Nez]]> Netherlands--Overflakkee]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> North Africa]]> 1939-12-02]]> 1940-07-05]]> 1940-07-11]]> 1940-07-17]]> 1940-07-26]]> 1940-07-31]]> 1940-08-02]]> 1940-08-09]]> 1940-08-13]]> 1940-08-25]]> 1940-09-13]]> 1940-09/18]]> 1941-01-22]]> 1941-01-26]]> 1941-01-31]]> 1941-02-02]]> 1941-02-08]]> 1941-02-10]]> 1941-02-14]]> 1941-02-16]]> 1941-03-06]]> 1941-03-08]]> 1941-03-11]]> 1941-03-13]]> 1941-03-19]]> 1941-03-20]]> 1941-03-24]]> 1941-03-26]]> 1941-03-27]]> 1941-04-01]]> 1941-04-03]]> 1941-04-07]]> 1941-04-09]]> 1941-04-13]]> 1941-04-17]]> 1941-04-19]]> 1941-04-23]]> 1941-05-07]]> 1941-05-11]]> 1941-05-14]]> 1941-05-16]]> 1941-05-18]]> 1941-05-21]]> 1941-05-22]]> 1941-05-24]]> 1941-05-26]]> 1941-05-28]]> 1941-06-03]]> 1944]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Heanor]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> 1942-12-17]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> 1942-12-17]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Poland]]> Poland--Łambinowice]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> 1942-12-17]]> Also includes artwork of centre fuselage of airborne Lancaster showing mid-upper turret and 44 Squadron badge.
Followed by newspaper cuttings concerning him reported missing and losses on operations.
There are transcripts of content of cuttings and transcript of a letter to Geoff's mother from E A Shipley. Comments by author (nephew) about the uncle he lost and the fate of crew of W4126.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Heanor]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Sheffield]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> 1942-12-17]]> He also manned the front turret. In addition is a postcard sent by his mother to Geoff Beckett's mother when she visited the Den Burg (Texel) graves.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> 1942-12-17]]> Page 1 - rear quarter b/w photograph of a Lancaster parked on grass. Caption details arrival of aircraft and squadron letters KM-B. Follows details of minor operations on 17/18 December 1942. List losses including two from 44 Squadron including W4126 (Geoffrey Beckett's aircraft).
Page 2 - top b/w photograph over open countryside. Bottom part of a crashed Lancaster. Captioned 'Top: the De Westen Field on Texel. According to local information, Lancaster W4162 crashed seventy yards from the farm building on a line from this photograph. The photo was taken in 1961 by Peter Beckett, Geoff's elder brother, on his visit to the graves. Lower: photograph of the remains of W4162 taken by a German soldier shortly afterwards. [Photograph, courtesy of Bram van Dijk]'.
Page 3 - b/w photograph of part of the wreckage.
Page 4 - b/w photograph of aircraft wreckage with farm buildings in the background.
Page 5 - hand drawn map of Texel showing position of crash site of W4162, villages and flak batteries. also marked is ditching site of Stirling BF203 of 218 Squadron,
Page 6 - titled 'the last moments of W4162 at 6.47 pm 17.12.42'. Hand drawn diagram of a Lancaster in a dive with fuselage on fire. Describes the actions and possible fates of Sgt Jones (rear gunner), F/O Loree (bomb aimer), Sgt McLeod (W/Op), F/O McCleery (Navigator), Sgt Beckett (mid-upper gunner), F/O McNamara (pilot) and Sgt Read. Only Read and Beckett bailed out, Read survived as a prisoner of war, Beckett was killed during the descent.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Map]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> 1942-12-17]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> nld]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Map]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Explanatory note with b/w portrait of an airman wearing tunic and b/w photograph of same headstone. Note states a tribute to Holmes who was flying and was shot down the same night as Beckett's aircraft was lost. Mentions his base, operation and being washed ashore and his burial.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> Germany]]> Germany--Wolfsburg (Lower Saxony)]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Den Helder]]> Netherlands--Texel]]> New Zealand]]> New Zealand--Whangarei]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> 1942-12-17]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Paul Ross]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Wehrmacht]]> Wehrmacht. 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