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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
2251	Bell	C D	Warrant Officer	AUS-403317			Pilot		RAAF	Fighter	127Sqn	1944-09-11	Spitfire	IX	PL326				Recce	Crashed near Flushing	Killed	Oostende New Communal Cemetery Belgium
2252	Bell	Maxwell Heron	Pilot Officer	AUS/405995			Pilot	DFC	RAAF	Fighter	19Sqn	1944-09-09	Mustang	IIIb	FX887	Not known			Recce	See archive report for further details	Killed	Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery. Grave IX.A.12		Read Archive Report
2253	Bell	J H	Sergeant						RAAF	Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-03-15	Lancaster	III	ND393	AR-E	Binbrook	1916	Stuttgart		Killed	Runnymede
2254	Bell	Peter Edwin	Sergeant	1606089			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	622Sqn	1944-11-06	Lancaster	I	HK644	GI:D	RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk	16:55	Koblenz	See Archive report for details	KiA	Rheinberg War Cemetery Collective Grave 9.C.13-16			Read Archive Report
2255	Bell	John Robson	Flying Officer Navigator	173943					RAFVR	Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-11-20	Lancaster	I	PB689	AA-X	RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire	1249	Homberg	Exploded near Baerl	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 29. B.1-16.		Read Archive Report
2256	Bell	Ian	Sergeant	1567138			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	78Sqn	1944-02-25	Halifax	III	LV794	EY-O	RAF Breighton, Yorkshire	2105	Augsburg	Shot down by night fighter Mjr. Gunther Radusch	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery		Read Archive Report Attacker:G?nther Radusch Kracker Archive
2257	Bell	John 'Dinger'	Flying Officer	51820			Rear Gunner	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	12Sqn	1944-08-26	Lancaster	I	LM230	PH-A	RAF Wickenby	2009	Kiel	See archive report for full details	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 204		Read Archive Report
2258	Bell	John	Sergeant	1133841			W/Op/Air/Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	156Sqn	1944-01-01	Lancaster	III	JA925	GT-L	Warboys	00:19	Berlin	See archive report for further information	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 215		Read Archive Report
2259	Bell	James Kingsley	Pilot Officer	173543			Flight Engineer	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-01-30	Lancaster	III	JB300	OF-D	RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire	1720	Berlin	See archive report for further details	Safe	None - survived the war		Read Archive Report
2260	Bell	Brian	Sergeant	1813062	Age 21		W/Op/AirGunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	37Sqn	1944-08-09	Wellington	X	LP465	LF-S	RAF Tortorella, Italy		Ploesti oil Refinery	See archive report for further details	Killed	Bucharest War Cemetery. Coll. Grave I.C. 1-4		Read Archive Report
2261	Bell	Alex Joseph	Flight Sergeant	1580819	Age 20		W/Op/Air/Gunner		RAFVR	Training Command	3 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit	1944-12-31	Avro Anson	I	AX538	None issued	RAF Halfpenny Green, Wolverhampton		Training	See archive report for further details	Killed	Wellingborough Cemetery (Doddington Road). Section N, Grave 65.		Read Archive Report
2262	Bell	Murray Richard	Warrant Officer Class 2	R/157097		Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	218Sqn	1944-05-01	Stirling	III	EF504	HA-P	Woolfox Lodge	2214	Chambly	Shot down by multiple night fighters. Crashed Poix-de-la-Somme	Killed	Poix-De-Picardie Churchyard, Row A. Coll. Grave 12-14. France.			Paradie RCAF Database
2263	Bell	Elemer Warrenner	Pilot Officer	J18683		Canadian	Observer		RCAF	Bomber Command	22 OTU	1942-07-28	Wellington	IC	X3201	DD:O Bar	Wellesbourne Mountford	22:00	Hamburg	X3201 was claimed initially as a probable by Oblt. Willi Elstermann, his 5th Abschuss from 6./NJG6 at Flotthoff, north of bad Bramstedt at 01:21hrs. Confirmed on the 20th January 1944. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (30 May - 31 December 1942) The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	PoW No. 25111, Stalag 344 Lamsdorf		Paradie Archive Database
2264	Bell	A M J	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1944-03-22	Lancaster	II	DS741	OW-T	Linton on Ouse	1859	Frankfurt		Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database
2265	Bell	J I	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1944-12-27	Halifax	III	MZ291	ZL-O	Leeming	300	Opladen	Crashed on take off			Paradie Archive Database
2266	Bell	Neil Alan	Flying Officer	J14200	Age 24	Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	428Sqn RCAF	1944-04-23	Halifax	II	LW285	MA:Z	RAF Middleton St George	20:46	Gardening. Baltic area	See archive report for details	Interned Sweden		Paradie Archive Database	Courtesy Lt.Col (Ret.)Trący Hatch Neil Alan Bell of Beynon, Alberta, Canada. Completed 19 operational sorties.	Read Archive Report
2267	Bell	Jerrold Walton	Squadron Leader	J7020		Canadian	Navigator	DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-03-24	Halifax	III	LV914	AL:V	RAF Leeming	18:59	Berlin	See archive report for details	PoW No. 4131 , Stalag Luft 1		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
2268	Bell	David	Flying Officer	J/35329			Pilot	DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-11-30	Halifax	III	MZ288	AL-O	RAF Leeming, Yorkshire	1631	Duisburg	Believed to have been hit by anti aircraft flak batteries	Missing - believed killed	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 245.	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
2269	Bell	C	Flying Officer			Canadian	Bomb Aimer		RCAF	Bomber Command	431 (Iroquois) Sqn, RCAF	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	MZ537	SE:H	Croft	23:14	Sterkrade	Shot down by Nightfighter - Lt. Kristopher of 3/NJG-7 at Tiel, Holland at 01:20. The Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten has a claim by Lt Ludiger Krimphove 3/NJG7 - Tiel: 5,800m at 01:20. Crashed at Puiflijk (Gelderland) about 3 km SW of the small town of Druten, S of the Waal and 19 km WNW of Nijmegen	PoW No. 4791, Stalag Luft 1		Paradie Archive Database	Paradie Archive MZ537
2270	Bell	N A	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	431Sqn RCAF	1944-01-28	Halifax	V	LL181	SE-Q	Croft	.0012.	Berlin		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
2271	Bell	A D G	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-01-27	Lancaster	II	LL638	QO-M	East Moor	1751	Berlin	Crashed at Schmockwitz	Killed		Paradie Archive Database
2272	Bell	D G	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-12-04	Halifax	III	LW614	QO-S	RAF East Moor, Yorkshire		Training	Engine failure - Crashed near Hackness	Killed		Paradie Archive Database	For brief details: Read Archive Report
2273	Bell	J B	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-04-18	Halifax	III	LW643	QO-E	East Moor	2058	Noisy-le-Sec		Killed	Clichy New Communal Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
2274	Bell	W A	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1944-07-20	Halifax	III	MZ821	MH-H	Snaith	2305	Bottrop		Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database
2275	Bell	W O	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1944-07-17	Halifax	III	HX321	MH-H	Snaith	353	Caen	Crashed at base on return			Paradie Archive Database
2276	Bell	H C	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	578Sqn	1944-03-15	Halifax	III	LW495	LK-C	Burn	1852	Stuttgart	Crashed Selby	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
2277	Bell	T	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	77Sqn	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	NA524	KN-F	Full Sutton	2310	Sterkrade	Crashed at Berkel {Zuid-Holland}	PoW		Paradie Archive Database	Attacker
2278	Bell	J	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-03-22	Lancaster	III	JB731	OF-F	Burn	1845	Frankfurt	Crashed in North Sea	Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database	Lancaster JB731 which departed RAF Bourn at 18.45 on a night operation to Frankfurt. The O.R.B. states: ‘At 20.38 hrs. S.O.S. received. At 20.39 hrs. message received from PULHAM ‘Position 53.21 N. 03.45 S. Baling out. No further news. MISSING.’ The non-operational RAF Station at Pulham St Mary in Norfolk picked up a message after the aircraft had been airborne for two hours. It is thought that the aircraft was attacked by a night fighter and ditched into the sea with the loss of all crew.
2279	Bell	Andrew Paul	Flight Sergeant	R/189575	Age 20	Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	190Sqn	1944-07-23	Stirling	IV	LJ882	L9-H	RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire		SOE 'Rupert'	See archive report for further details	Evader	Killed later - Brookwood Military Cemetery. Grave 50.1.2	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
2280	Bell	William John	Pilot Officer	172301	1923		Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	100 Sqn	1944-04-27	Lancaster	III	DV192	HW:Z	Grimsby	21:51	Friedrichshafen	Crashed on the outskirts of the village of They-sous-Monfort (Vosges), 2.5 miles NE of Vittel, France. DV192 was claimed by Oblt. Heinz Rökker, his 21st Abschuss, from 2./NJG2 at They-sous-Monfort, NE Vittel at 4500 m at 01:39 (casualty report records 05:00) hrs local (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (16 March 1944 - 11 May 1944) Part 2 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	They-sous-Montfort Churchyard Grave 6		Son of William John and Ann P. Bell, of Newbury, Berkshire. Awarded a County Scholarship
2281	Bell	Derek Joseph	Pilot Officer	161593			Pilot		RAFVR	Bomber Command	101 Sqn	1944-01-01	Lancaster	I	DV308	SR:V	Ludford Magna		Berlin	Claim by Ma.j Wilhelm Herget from Stab I./NJG4, his 58th Abschuss. The aircraft exploded in the air near Grandrieu South of Beaumont at 05:46 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (1 January - 15 March 1944) Part 1 - Theo Boiten)	PoW No. 5789, Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria
2282	Bell	P A C	Flying Officer							Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-03-24	Lancaster	I	ME665	PM-C	Elsham Wolds	1839	Berlin	Exploded near Luckenwalde	Killed
2283	Bell	D N	Sergeant							Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-04-26	Lancaster	III	ND847	PM-R	Wickenby	2304	Essen	Crashed near Lank-Latum	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
2284	Bell	D C	Sergeant							Bomber Command	103Sqn	1944-02-19	Lancaster	III	ND408	PM-T	Elsham Wolds	2352	Leipzig		PoW
2285	Bell	Sidney	Sergeant				Flight Engineer			Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-08-27	Lancaster	III	ND331	ZN-G	Metheringham	2015	Konigsberg		PoW
2286	Bell	Maurice	Sergeant	1621754	1923		Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	115 Sqn	1944-08-26	Lancaster	I	LM127	KO:H	Witchford	20:27	Kiel	Crashed in North Sea	MiA	Runnymede Memorial Panel 225		Son of William Morrish Bell and Harriet Emma Bell, of Castleford, Yorkshire
2287	Bell	Leonard William	Sergeant	1896269			Flight Engineer		RAFVR	Bomber Command	115 Sqn	1944-08-25	Lancaster	I	PD274	KO:Y	Witchford	20:28	Russelsheim	Leaving the target area at 19,550 feet, collided with another Lancaster losing both port engines. With their aircraft out of control, the crew baled out at 6,500 feet, South of Koblenz	PoW No 693, Stalag Luft 7			Sgt Bell, Sgt Agnew, Flt Sgt Kydd and Sgt Ames were part of Trupp 30. They arrived at Bankau on 4th September 1944. (The Long Road - Oliver Clutton-Brock)
2288	Bell	Ernest	Pilot Officer	142874			Bomb Aimer	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	138Sqn (Special)	1944-02-07	Halifax	II	LW275	NF-O	Tempsford	1930	SOE - Operation Jockey 5	The Halifax sustained flak damage on crossing the coast. Notwithstanding the resultant damage, and worsening weather, he continued his mission, flying low towards southern France. As he neared the intended DZ a serious fire developed in one engine, sufficiently serious for Sqn Ldr Cooke to give the order to abandon the Halifax. All took to parachutes. The aircraft crashed near Mantaille (Dröme), 37 km North of Valence	Evaded via Spain & Gibraltar on the 5 May 1944 and returned to Tempsford on the 10 Sep 1944			DFC Gazetted on 16 Jan 1945
2289	Bell	Walter John	Flight Lieutenant	174025	1919		Pilot	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	15 Sqn	1944-07-20	Lancaster	I	R5904	LS:L	Mildenhall	23:30	Homberg	Claimed by Hptm. Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, his 85 Abschuss, from Stab IV./NJG1, Twixt Den Hout-Made, north o Boxtel at 2.500 m at 01:51 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten). Crashed near the hamlet of Steelhoven (Noord-Brabant), 7 km NW of Oosterhout.	Killed	Jonkerbos War Cemetery 24.I.6		Son of John James Bell and Agnes Rebecca Bell, of Ipswich, Suffolk.
2290	Bell	Walter John	Flight Lieutenant	174025	1919		Pilot	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	15 Sqn	1944-06-07	Lancaster	I	LL781	LS:L	Mildenhall	00:48	Massy-Palaiseau Rail Facilities	Probable claim by Ofw Herbert Altner 8./NJG5 – West of Paris: 1,600m at 02:22. Around 02:21 five minutes after leaving the target Massey, attacked by Two Me410’s. The navigator was killed and the pilot was wounded. The aircraft sustained damage to centre section of fuselage, wings and starboard aileron which broke away. Crash landed RAF Fiskerton at 03:39 and caught fire. The crew received superficial burns, Second attacking Me410 claimed destroyed in return fire. Full victory confirmed for Ofw Altner on 18 August 1944. Aircraft classified as Cat E damaged. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 -Theo Boiten)	Injured/KiA 21st July 1944			DFC promulgated in the London Gazette 14th July 1944. Citation reads: "Acting Flight Lieutenant Walter John BELL (174025), RAFVR, No. 15 Squadron. One night early in June, 1944, Flight Lieutenant Bell was pilot and captain of an aircraft detailed to attack a target in France. Shortly after bombing the target, he encountered two Messerschmitt 410. One of these, approaching from the port, was driven off by the gunners. At the same time the second opened fire and caused severe damage to the aircraft from cannons and machine guns. The gunners opened fire and hit the Messerschmitt on the fuselage. It dived and exploded in the air. A cannon shell had however, exploded . in the fuselage of Flight Lieutenant Bell's aircraft. The navigator was killed and the pilot sustained a slight injury. Part of the starboard wing was shot away, carrying with it the starboard aileron. The starboard inner engine then caught fire. The. front turret and instrument board were out of action and the brakes and flaps unserviceable. In this precarious position however, with assistance from the bomb aimer who took over the navigator's tasks, Flight Lieutenant Bell, though in pain from his wound, by skilful and determined airmanship succeeded in flying the damaged aircraft back to this country and executed a difficult crash landing with great coolness." 15 Sqn Lancaster I R5904 LS:L
2291	Bell	J P O	Sergeant							Bomber Command	15Sqn	1944-06-10	Lancaster	III	LM468	LS-F	Mildenhall	2300	Dreux	Crashed at Ste-Gemme-Moronval {Eure-et-Loir}	Killed	Ste-Gemme-Moronval Churchyard
2292	Bell	D S	Flying Officer					DFC		Bomber Command	161Sqn	1944-03-03	Lysander	IIIa	V9605	MA-B	Tempsford	2130	SIS	Force landed near Plumetot France	Evader
2293	Bell	H B	Sergeant							Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-01-27	Lancaster	III	W4996	AS-R	Kirmington	1755	Berlin		Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery
2294	Bell	L S	Flight Lieutenant	1199790			Pilot			Fighter	197Sqn	1944-08-18	Typhoon	Ib	MN463	M					Killed	St- Desir War Cemetery France
2295	Bell	C	Pilot Officer							Bomber Command	207Sqn	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	ND575	EM-M	Spilsby	2151	Mailly-le-Camp	Crashed Donnemarie-Dontilly {Seine-et-Marne}	Killed	Dontilly Communal Cemetery
2296	Bell	G W	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	227Sqn	1944-11-11	Lancaster	I	PB643	9J-S	balderton	1641	Harborg	Crashed at Nieder Ochtenhausen	Killed	Becklingen War Cemetery
2297	Bell	D P M	Flight Lieutenant	115406			Pilot			Fighter	263Sqn	1944-05-21	Typhoon	Ib	MN545				Roadstead		Killed	Runnymede Memorial United Kingdom
2298	Bell	J S	Sergeant							Bomber Command	433Sqn RCAF	1944-11-04	Halifax	III	NP992	BM-F	Skipton on Swale	1708	Bochum		PoW
2299	Bell	Bernard Ernest	Flying Officer	J/44311		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	439Sqn RCAF	1944-12-27	Typhoon	Ib	MP145	5V-	B-78 Eindhoven	12:00	Armed recce	Shot down by flak and small arms. Abandoned aircraft near St Vith	PoW		Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
2300	Bell	F J	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	460Sqn RAAF	1944-05-03	Lancaster	III	ND860	AR-	Binbrook		Mailly-le-Camp	Crashed St-Remy-sous-Barbuise	Killed	St-Remy-sous-Barbuise Churchyard