DeWitt Talmadge Bell Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-45108.png UPL 45108 Dewitt Bell’s Dog Tag on page 8 at German record KUJ-714 > https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131494788 (NARA)

Object Number - UPL 45108 - Dewitt Bell’s Dog Tag on page 8 at German record KUJ-714 > https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131494788 (NARA)

On the support mission to Frankfurt, Germany of 20 March 1944 in P-47D #42-75553, the 361st Squadron encountered extremely adverse weather and the mission was abandoned. Upon letting down in the Brussels, Belgium area, Lt. Bell and his leader, Capt. Porter, started a strafing pass on an airfield. The last seen of Lt. Bell was at the start of the pass. Capt. Porter was shot down and made a prisoner by the Germans, who informed him that Lt. Bell went down. Missing In Action (MIA) 20 March 1944; changed to "Determined Dead" on 28 December 1944. MACR 3398. Killed In Action (KIA).



Awards: PH.

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Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 361st Fighter Squadron

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Born

14 November 1920 Son of DeWitt T. Sr and Julia J. Bell.

Enlisted

Killed in Action (KIA)

13 November 1942 Cochran Field, Macon Georgia

Other

Crashed

6 July 1943 Landing Accident Ground Loop Spence AAF, GA Cat 3 damage 2Lt Dewitt T Bell, 6-Jul-43. AT-6B 41-17395 - 442 SEFTS.

Based

26 January 1944 - 20 March 1944 Assigned to 361FS, 356FG, 8AF USAAF.

Died

20 March 1944 Shot down in P-47 42-75553 on support mission to Frankfurt. Strafing airfield hit by return fire.

Buried

24 March 1944 Brussels Evere Cemetery, Honor Plot

Buried

after the war, his remains were brought back to the US. DeWitt Bell rests at the Macon Memorial Park in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia, USA

Born

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MACR 3398
1941-1949 Headstone Applications
German record KUJ-714 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/131494788 (NARA)

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356 FG Assoc data, MACR 3398, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3398 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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