P/O Bell was serving with 78 Sqdn. He was a crew member of Whitley V Z9389 EY-U which took off from Croft on a mission to Boulogne. On returning to base the aircraft crashed on its fifth attempt at landing, killing three crew members and injuring the other two.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1942; W.R. Chorley; 1994; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 89 X
Acknowledgments: Tony Hibberd
