Studio portrait of 406589 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Paton Bell, RAAF, 150 Squadron RAF, of ...

Accession Number P07502.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made August 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 406589 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Paton Bell, RAAF, 150 Squadron RAF, of Dalwallinu, WA. He was a farmer before enlisting at Perth, WA, on 3 February 1941. He was lost on operations on 12 August 1942. His aircraft, Wellington bomber VX3744, operating from Snaith aerodrome, England, was attacked by a night fighter while on a mission to target Mainz. Flt Sgt Bell was killed by fighter fire; the rest of the crew survived, following an emergency landing at Coltishall. Flt Sgt Bell was 20 years old at the time of his death.