Ronald Charles BELL

Ronald Charles BELL Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

BELL, Ronald Charles

Service Number:	412884
Enlisted:	15 August 1941, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Operational Training Units (RAF)
Born:	Kensington, New South Wales, Australia , 30 October 1922
Home Town:	Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Accidental, United Kingdom, 27 February 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Chevington Cemetery Sec H Grave 247
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Union Bank of Australia Limited 'In Memoriam' WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 412884
15 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 412884, Operational Training Units (RAF), Sydney, NSW

Help us honour Ronald Charles Bell's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Albert Edward John and Edna May BELL, 79 Warners Avenue, Bondi Beach, NSW

I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH

Ronald died in a mid air collison with a Norwegian piolt when the other aircraft overshot P/O Bell. At this time they were flying at about 1000 ft. and because of the wind it was very bumpy. A sudden gust must have caught O/O Bell as Sgt. Myre overshot him, causing his aircraft to go down suddenly and catch the tail section of the other aircraft with his wing. This caused the whole tail section to fall off. They were buried next to each other.

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia