Francis Laney Bell Sr
Military
Francis L. Bell Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
Standing Left to Right: Hennessee (B), Francis Bell (P), Elmore Cave (CP), Robert F. Lindenmuth (N) 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 17407 - Crew #754 Officers Francis L. Bell Crew 466th BG - 787th BS Standing Left to Right: Hennessee (B), Francis Bell (P), Elmore Cave (CP), Robert...
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 34793188
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Nose Gunner
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Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
South Carolina, USA | 20 May 1917 | |
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Other Mid Air Collision |
Gooderstone, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE33, UK | 16 September 1944 | Involved in a mid-air collision when his a/c collided with another 466th BG B-24 on a practice mission. |
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Died |
Lancaster, SC 29720, USA | 8 June 1985 | |
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Buried |
Lancaster, SC 29720, USA | 12 June 1985 | Lancaster Memorial Park Lancaster Lancaster County South Carolina, USA |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book 'Attlebridge Arsenal' by Wassom & Brassford, page 343