John Carleton Betts
Service number
37648
Military unit
25 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
10 Oct 1941 (30 years old)
Place of birth
Edgware, Middlesex, England.
Employment, education or hobbies
Pre war RAF
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of John and Hannah Betts of Pennywell Cottage, Barnet.
Military history
Served in Waziristan 1936-1937
Singapore 1939-1940
promoted from F/O to F/Lt 27/8/1940
F/Lt to Temp. S/Ldr 1/9/1941.
10 October 1941 Wellington X9928 25 OTU took off and crashed 2 minutes later into a field of Grange Farm, Staple Lane, Balderton. At the time of the crash, the Wellingtons undercarriage had been raised when, without warning, the nose of the aircraft pitched down and before the situation could be rectified, the bomber hit anti aircraft obstruction poles in a field at the end of the airfield.
Sgt D Morris
Sgt Byford - both injured.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of John Carleton Betts