Corporal

Eric Courtney Bell

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of James Courtney Bell, and of Isabella Alice Bell (nee Comrie), of Wanganui.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Harvard trainer crashed into trees whilst flying low. The Pilot was Plt. Off. Louis Gumbley and Cpl Eric Bell was a passenger. Bell had recently transferred from the Army and was engaged on airfield defence while undergoing flight training. Although Bell’s headstone states” night flying” the accident happened during summertime at around 8pm. [source: For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol2 p 56]

 

 

 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
421310
Name:
Eric Courtney Bell
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
27 January 1943
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Q. 2. 57.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Eric Courtney Bell
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