Dinger Bell

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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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Rights

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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.

Collection

Citation

“Dinger Bell,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/41298.