- Died
- 12 April 1947, aged 41
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Not known
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Khayat Beach War Cemetery, Israel And Palestine (including Gaza)
Timeline
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12 April 1947
Died
aged 41 -
12 December 1947
Gazetted: GC
George Cross
Awards
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George Cross (GC) — gazetted 12 December 1947
521319 Sergeant. John Archibald BECKETT, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Station, Ein Shemer, Air Headquarters, Levant. On the night of 2 8th March, 1947, during re- fuelling operations on a (Lancaster aircraft of No. ' 38 Squadron, a violent fire broke out suddenly in the pumping compartment of the refuelling vehicle • of which Sergeant Beckett was the driver. The flames enveloped Sergeant Beckett and set alight the front of the Lancaster's fuselage. Another airman beat out the names on Sergeant Beckett but not before the latter had sustained very severe burns on.the hands and face. At this moment, there was.grave danger that the main tank of the refuelling vehicle, containing over two th
Source: CWGC casualty record: BECKETT, JOHN ARCHIBALD → · Commonwealth War Graves Commission
