Beckett, Geoffrey
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Geoffrey |
Surname | Beckett |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Date of Death | 17-12-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Edward Fisher Beckett and Lottie May Beckett, of Buxton, Derbyshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4126 |
Markings | KM-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot K. Row 1. Grave 10. |
Epitaph | FEAR THOU NOT; FOR I AM WITH THEE... I AM THY GOD ... YEA, I WILL UPHOLD THEE |
Ribbon Stone | 0165 (Block 2, Column 25, Row 3) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 7 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 622136 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 44 (Rhodesia) |
Squadron Motto | Fulmina regis iusta (The king's thunderbolts are righteous) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | International Bomber Command Centre, Canwick Avenue, Lincoln LN4 2HQ |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | W4126 KM-B 44 Sqn lost 17 Dec 1942 |
Location | St. Chad's Church, Dunholme, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. who served at R.A.F. Dunholme Lodge May 1943 - Sept. 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served R.A.F. Spilsby in 44 (Rhodesia) Sqd. Sept 1944 - July 1945 |
Location | Memorial Gardens, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Pillar |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served with 44 (Rhodesia) Sqn. "We will remember them" |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/449/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/449/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 17-12-1942 |
End Date | 18-12-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Waddington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (81% moon) |
Operation | Nienburg |
Reason for Loss | Hit by naval flak and crashed on the island of Texel. One survivor |