Dinger Bell
Title
Dinger Bell
Description
Photograph of man sitting in the rear turret of a Lancaster. Captioned '1330611 Sgt John Antony Martin Bell, 44 Squadron winter 1942.'
Date
1942
Temporal Coverage
Type
Format
One colour photograph with printed text
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Contributor
Identifier
SBeckettG622136v10077-0002
Transcription
As a footnote, the author was delighted to find an Imperial War Museum photograph of ‘Dinger’ Bell, in Roger A Freeman’s book ‘The Royal Air Force of World War Two in Colour’.
Geoff’s friend, he too, is not forgotten.
[colour photograph of Sergeant John Anthony Bell sitting in his tail turret]
1330611 Sgt. John Anthony Martin Bell. R.A.F.V.R. 44 Sqdn
Sitting in his tail turret, during the winter of 1942.
Photograph Courtesy of the Imperial War Museum. No TR 187.
Geoff’s friend, he too, is not forgotten.
[colour photograph of Sergeant John Anthony Bell sitting in his tail turret]
1330611 Sgt. John Anthony Martin Bell. R.A.F.V.R. 44 Sqdn
Sitting in his tail turret, during the winter of 1942.
Photograph Courtesy of the Imperial War Museum. No TR 187.
Collection
Citation
“Dinger Bell,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/41298.