Kenneth L Bell

Military
media-54831.png UPL 54831 2LT Kenneth L. Bell
Pilot
340th BG - 487th BS - 12th AF

Object Number - UPL 54831 - 2LT Kenneth L. Bell Pilot 340th BG - 487th BS - 12th AF

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Units served with

A B-25 Mitchell (7C) of the 340th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force takes off.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Catania–Fontanarossa Airport

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Catania Airfield, Sicily 9 September 1943 On this mission Lt. Bell [Kenneth L. Bell] of the 487th and his entire crew [Orlando Loera, Edward J. Reilly, Spencer O. Hickman], excepting co-pilot Lt. [C.H.] Chandler, were killed when their plane crashed into a building off the end of the runway, and Lt. R.D. Scott of the 489th and his entire crew [Ben F. Williams, Lt. Haller, Sgt. Mitchell, S/Sgt. Adam A. Syno] were killed when they fell into the sea a mile off the runway

Born

Illinois
South Bend, Indiana

Buried

Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial Plot F Row 2 Grave 12 Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Sicily-Rome American Cemetery Piazzale Kennedy, 1 00048 Italy

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