Name:
Roger Wright Bell
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
13155749
Unit:
576th Bomb Squadron, 392nd Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1987-02-07
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Texas
Plot:
L
Row:
0
Grave:
1941
Decoration:
Comments:
SSgt Roger W. Bell, right waist gunner of the B-24 Liberator 42-52411, took off from station 118 in Wendling, Norfolk, UK on a bombing mission over Friedrichshafen. After a rather poor bombing run, the promised fighter escort was late, coming in only after the start of the German fighter attack. The 42-52411 was last seen out of formation drifting south some 15 minutes after bombs away. Bell was later captured and sent to Stalag Luft 1 in Barth-Vogelsang, Prussia.