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Military service
Service number:
R/84274
Age:
29
Rank:
Warrant Officer Class I
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
517 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
February 24, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Sec. A. Grave 764.
Additional information
Son of James and Maude Bell, of Guelph, Ontario, Canada; husband of Georgina Bell, of Guelph.
Digital gallery of Warrant Officer Class I Earl Theodore Bell
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Document
Accident Investigation into the crash of Malifax Mk V LK998 on 24 Feb 44 page #1 Source: Library & Archives Canada via Capt. R. Whitehouse -
Document
Accident Investigation into the crash of Malifax Mk V LK998 on 24 Feb 44 page #2 Source: Library & Archives Canada via Capt. R. Whitehouse -
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Accident Investigation into the crash of Malifax Mk V LK998 on 24 Feb 44 page #3 Source: Library & Archives Canada via Capt. R. Whitehouse -
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Accident Investigation into the crash of Halifax Mk V LK998 on 24 Feb 44 page #4 Source: Library & Archives Canada via Capt. R. Whitehouse -
Funeral Procession
Funeral Procession of the four Canadian crew members of Halifax LK998 on the afternoon of 28 Feb 44 at 1300 hrs. A cold and bleak site at the time is now a pleasant green park-like setting. Source: Goodfellow Family Archives via Capt. R. Whitehouse -
Funeral Procession
As the funeral ceremony concludes, the bodies are lowered into the graves. This is a service cemetery and graves were prepared in advance for the expected casualties. Almost all of the graves here are from flying accidents at the local flying schools. Source: Goodfellow Family Archives via Capt. R. Whitehouse -
Funeral Procession
The bugler blows the Last Post and Reveille as the burial part salutes their comrades for the last time. These pictures were sent to all of the families of the dead Canadian crew members. Source: Goodfellow Family Archives via Capt. R. Whitehouse -
Photo of EARL THEODORE BELL
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Photo of EARL THEODORE BELL
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Id Card
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Photo of Earl and Roy Bell
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Letter
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 246 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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