BELL – Robert Leslie

Name: BELL, ROBERT LESLIE
Initials: R L
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 194 Sqdn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 02/02/1946
Service No: 1895338
Additional information: Son of William John Bell, and of Alice Leila Bell, of Kingston, Jamaica.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 16A. E. 18-22.
Cemetery: TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

KJ996 Dakota 1V 194 Sqdn – control of the aircraft was lost when it was flying in turbulent conditions and it dived into the ground:
W/O P.S. Rowland Pilot
Flt/Sgt R.L. Bell Co-Pilot
Flt/Sgt R.J.Hughes Nav
Flt/Sgt R.Scrivens W.Op
Flt/Sgt G.T.H. Rowland Instrument Fitter – Passenger

[Source: www.WW2chat.com]

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