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Flight of Spitfire I X4248 and Flying Officer J S Bell on 1940-08-30

1940-08-30 · West Malling · United Kingdom

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On 1940-08-30, Pilot J S Bell (Flying Officer, RAF) with servicenumber 90051 flew a Spitfire I with serial X4248 for this duty: Patrol. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Crashed on approach to West Malling. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 616. The location for the map is West Malling, United Kingdom. Circumstances at the end of this mission for Bell: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Lincoln (Eastgate) (Or St. Peter's) Cemetery, United Kingdom.
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