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August 1st, 1940

Hampden I P4383 of no. 50 Sq.
Aircraft was on a gardening operation. All contact lost at 04:10 hrs (GMT) and it is presumed to have ditched 40-45 miles E of Flamborough Head.
Six weeks later the body of P/O Bell washed ashore on the Dutch Coast and was buried at Bergen op Zoom.
His three companions are MIA and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.


Crew:

Pilot: P/O B.S. BELL, KIA, buried Bergen op Zoom
Sgt. W.E. MILLER, MIA, Runnymede Memorial
Sgt. C.D. EVANS, MIA, Runnymede Memorial
Sgt. D. TAILFORD, MIA, Runnymede Memorial


Homebase: Lindholme, t/o 21:13 hrs (GMT)


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