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BELL, Colin Douglas

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• Service History
• Personal Stories

Step 1: Personal Details

Service Number:	403317
Enlisted:	6 January 1941
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	Royal Air Force - unspecified units
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 5 October 1918
Home Town:	Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Stanmore Commercial High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Accounts Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Belgium, 11 September 1944, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Oostende New Communal Cemetery, Belgium Plot IX, Row 5, Grave 39.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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Step 2: Service History

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 403317
6 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 403317
11 Sep 1944:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 403317, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, His RAF Spitfire Mk IX PL326 was shot down over North Sea. Some 15 km S/W of Vlissingen, Netherlands. RAAF Pilot remains washed ashore on 10 Oct 1944.

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• Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour and Circular
• AWM RAAF Biographical File
• CWGC War Grave
• DVA WWII RAAF Service
• Find a Grave - AWM Panel 118 Memorial
• Flight Safety Foundation Spitfire Record
• NAA Casualty Repatriation Aircraft Spitfire File
• NAA RAAF WWII Service File

• Air Ministry Report used to I.D. his remains
• No 127 Sqn RAF OC Letter to "Dinger" Bell's Father
• RAAF MIA Telegram to NOK

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