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This date suggests the possibility that he may have taken part in a raid against the Messina marshalling yards where two aircraft were lost. 

Lee Anderson has contributed a letter that Sgt Bell wrote to Lee's grandmother the month before he was killed.   This poignant document gives a picture of life in the North Africa campaign together with typical concerns of the airmen.

(left)  William Bell, possibly in the suit he wore on enlistment

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