Bell, Brian Stallard
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Brian Stallard |
Surname | Bell |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 01-08-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of John William and Elsie Bell, of Okanagan Mission, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Hampden I |
Serial Number | P4383 |
Markings | VN- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen-op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 30. A. 4. |
Epitaph | HE IS NOT DEAD, HE DOTH NOT SLEEP - HE HATH AWAKENED FROM THE DREAM OF LIFE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 8 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 40663 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 50 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/485/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/485/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 31-07-1940 |
End Date | 01-08-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Lindholme |
Day/Night Raid | Night (10% moon) |
Operation | Minelaying |
Reason for Loss | All contact lost at 0410 and it is presumed to have ditched 40 - 45 miles E of Flamborough Head. Six weeks later the body of P/O Bell washed onto Dutch coast. |