Colin Douglas (Dinger) BELL

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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

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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