LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Douglas BELL
Service No: 409885
Born: Ararat VIC, 15 July 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 November 1941
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-8), near Deniliquin, 27 October 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Ararat General Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Matthew and Alice Bell, of Ararat
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1445 hours on 27 October 1942, Wirraway A20-8 flown solo by Leading Aircraftman Bell crashed seven miles west of the Deniliquin aerodrome and he was killed.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/91/602