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BETTS, Alfred

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster I
Serial Number NG304
Markings AS-A
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Stourbridge Roman Catholic Cemetery
Grave Reference Row 10. Grave 5..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 130
Enlistment information
Service Number 1868236
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 1
Squadron 166
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 08-10-1945
End Date 08-10-1945
Takeoff Station Kirmington
Day/Night raid Day
Operation Training
Reason for Loss Landed on three engines after a sortie lasting more than 5 hours. Overshot and turned off line, banking vertically before it crashed approximately 100 yards from the guardroom. The ensuing investigation indicated that the pilot had failed to retract the undercarriage quickly enough and had also failed to instruct the other crew members to assume crash stations and they were found not to be strapped in.