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Flight
Sergeant John Bell - RAFVR |
| F/Sgt John
"Jack" Bell was serving on board Lancaster MK.III JA-925 coded GT-L
for an operation to Berlin on January 1/2, 1944. The aircraft
departed from Warboys at 0019hrs but was lost without a trace.
The crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Flight Sergeant John
"Jack" Bell RAFVR aged 22 was the son of William and Eileen
Bell of Sudden, Lancashire. F/Sgt Bell spent his Christmas
leave at the home of the crew's air gunner, Brinley Hinks
before they returned to base for the New Year.
The rest of the crew were:
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Name |
Service |
Age |
Hometown |
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S/L Rowland Fawcett -DFC |
RAF |
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Duncan, B.C,
Canada |
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P/O Roland Bowen |
RAF |
23 |
Bridgenorth, Shropshire |
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P/O Geoffrey Vickers - DFC |
RAFVR |
22 |
Castleford, Yorkshire |
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P/O Percy Lyford - DFC |
RAFVR |
21 |
Willesden Green,Middx |
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F/S George Headley |
RAFVR |
19 |
Hull |
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F/S Brinley Hinks |
RAFVR |
20 |
Abercynon,Glamorgan |
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