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PFC Robert Author Bell

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PFC Robert Author Bell

Birth
Death
19 Aug 1943 (aged 21)
Hampstead, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Passenger aboard U.S. Army Air Forces C-49J #43-1971.

Killed in service when the transport (government-requisitioned DC-3 airliner) stalled and crashed near Hempstead, New Hampshire. Investigators could not determine what caused the airplane to go into a shallow spin, then dive vertically into the woods near a lake [Island Pond].

All four aboard perished:

R. T. Whidden, Pilot, civilian
2nd Lt. Charles R Appier, student pilot
2nd Lt. Robert W Barron, student pilot
PFC Conroy Newcomb, passenger
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Service ID: 37264652.
Passenger aboard U.S. Army Air Forces C-49J #43-1971.

Killed in service when the transport (government-requisitioned DC-3 airliner) stalled and crashed near Hempstead, New Hampshire. Investigators could not determine what caused the airplane to go into a shallow spin, then dive vertically into the woods near a lake [Island Pond].

All four aboard perished:

R. T. Whidden, Pilot, civilian
2nd Lt. Charles R Appier, student pilot
2nd Lt. Robert W Barron, student pilot
PFC Conroy Newcomb, passenger
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Service ID: 37264652.

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PFC, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II

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  • Created by: ShaneO
  • Added: Jan 16, 2022
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/235968174/robert_author-bell: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Robert Author Bell (8 Nov 1921–19 Aug 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 235968174, citing Union Cemetery, Flandreau, Moody County, South Dakota, USA; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by ShaneO (contributor 47009366).