O.810461

2nd Lieutenant

DeWitt T.

Bell Jr.

361st Fighter Squadron

20 Mar 44 (MIA), 28 Dec 44 Determined dead

Brussells

Shot down by enemy Flak during strafing attack.

He had completed 20 missions over 56:42 combat flying hours since joining the Group in January 1944. The costly escort mission he was killed on also claimed the lives of Five other pilots from the Group.