Murray Cecil Bell

Military
media-18345.jpeg UPL 18345 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group. Bottisham, mid-July 1944.

Left to right, back row:
Howard Spaulding, Herbert Boelter, David Morgan, James Eason, Murray Bell, Eugene Cole, David Edwards, William Shackelford, William Kemp, William McCoppin, Maynard Emlaw, Dustin Cowle, William Gill, Eugene Gentzler and Bruce Rowlett

Left to right, second row:
Charles Narvis and Joseph Kapr

Left to right, third row:
Raymond Comer, Alton Snyder, Robert Adams, Sherman Armsby, Robert Wright, Warren Ewert, John Black, Roswell Freedman (Squadron Commander), James Hall and Urban Drew

Left to right, fourth row:
James Donohue, William Rogers, John Thomas, Russell Sobieski, Merle Rainey, Dean Morehouse, Elroy Neely, Francis Glankler

Left to right, fifth row: Charles Cummins, 'Snitz' and Martin Johnson

Museum object reference no. BAM_0308 Bottisham Airfield Museum

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Object Number - UPL 18345 - 375th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group. Bottisham, mid-July 1944. Left to right, back row: Howard Spaulding, Herbert Boelter, David...

Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF. Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).



Awards: WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 375th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Fort Jackson Blvd, Columbia, SC, USA 13 June 1942 Fort Jackson Columbia South Carolina USA

Based

Bottisham 27 January 1944 Assigned to 375FS, 361FG, 8AF USAAF

Other

Crashed

Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK 7 June 1944 Crash Landing Bottisham/Sta 374 Cat 3 damage 2Lt Murray C Bell, 7-Jun-44. P-51B15 42-106917 - 375FS 361FG 8AF

Died

Anderson County, SC, USA 25 April 1972

Other

End Tour of Duty (ETD)

England, UK Completed Tour of Duty (ETD).

Other

Promotion

Bottisham, Cambridge CB25, UK Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Born

Buried

Anderson, SC, USA Silver Brook Cemetery Anderson Anderson County South Carolina USA
Anderson, SC, USA

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Sources

Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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