In memory of

Leading Aircraftman

Gordon Ross Bell

who died on 1 Jan 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service RCAF
  Unit Royal Canadian Air Force
  Rank Leading Aircraftman
  Service number R107060
  Date of death 19450101
  Cause of death killed in action
Narrative history
  R107060 Leading Aircraftman (No. 6414 Echelon RCAF) (Gordon) Ross Bell (b.1921) of Saskatoon was KIA 19450101. A ground crew mechanic, Bell died of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest when enemy aircraft strafed and bombed the aerodrome at Eindhoven and is buried at Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was the son of Fred James and Vera Irene (Jennison) Bell and married Brenda June Hatcher of Andover, Hampshire, England, after going overseas. After high school Ross completed a mechanics course at Saskatoon Technical school and an aeronautics program at the airport, enlisting at Saskatoon in 1941.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 344 - Corman Park
  Cemetery or memorial location Groesbeek Canadian war cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands    

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  Honour roll location(s) ------
  Geo-memorial Bell Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 53.2°N / 102.6°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 63E2
  Geo-memorial details Northwest of Hudson Bay.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19211222
  Place of birth Saskatoon    
  Date of enlistment 19410521
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Saskatoon    
  Occupation mechanic
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