Kenneth C Bell
MilitaryAssigned to 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) D-day mission to Normandy, hit by flak and set on fire, pilot 2nd Lt Marvin F Muir held his burning aircraft under control until the paratroopers aboard could exit, sacrificing himself and his crew. Crashed St Mere Eglise. Killed in Action (KIA). 6-Jun-44. MACR 7289.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15061487 / O-541641
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 93rd Troop Carrier Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Smeatharpe
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Howard County, IN, USA | 29 January 1919 | Son of Margaret M Bell-Fox. |
Enlisted |
Lafayette, IN, USA | 11 November 1942 | |
Died |
NE of Sainte-Mère-Église, France | 6 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) D-day mission to Normandy, hit by flak and set on fire, pilot 2nd Lt Marvin F Muir held his burning aircraft under control until the paratroopers aboard could exit, sacrificing himself and his crew. Crashed St Mere Eglise. KIA. 6-Jun-44. MACR 7289. |
Buried |
50480 Sainte-Mère-Église, France | 7 June 1944 | Interred Field Burial St Mere Eglise |
Henry County, IN, USA | |||
Based |
Upottery | 6 June 1944 | Assigned to 93TCS, 439TCG, 9AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Re-Interred Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Buried |
Poplar Grove, Indianapolis, IN 46203, USA | Re-Interred Mound Cemetery Poplar Grove Howard County Indiana, USA |
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C-47/R4D Units of the ETO and MTO By David Isby