Bell, Angus Hugh
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Angus Hugh |
Surname | Bell |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 04-07-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert Bell and Christine Bell, (née MacInnis) of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | JD159 |
Markings | VR-Y |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Schoonselhof Cemetery |
Grave Reference | IVa. A. 2. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 129 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/17340 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 419 (Moose) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Bell Lake, Saskatchewan |
Country | Canada |
Memorial Type | Lake |
Memorial Text |
Location | Outside Former St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Memorial Tablet on Stone Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to Nos 419, 420 and 428 Sqns RCAF who flew from RAF Middleton St George during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Angus was born on 28 May 1922 at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. His father (who died in 1930) was born in Glasgow, Scotland and had been a Superintendent of Poole Construction. His mother was born at Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He had two sisters, Marion and Phyllis. Marion had a Masters Degree in Social Work and Phyllis had been an assistant District Attorney. The schools he attended were Holy Rosary, 1928-1936 and Campion College 1936-1940, both in Regina. Angus enjoyed playing rugby and also hockey and baseball. Between 1940-1941 he was in the army working as a medical inspector and then as a clerk in R.C.A.M.C. He had also helped out at Tibbett’s Electric shop in Regina. |
After enlisting on 2 May 1941 and initial training, he was posted to the U.K., where he arrived at 3PRC on 24 January 1942. He then went on to 15 AFU on 2 March 1942, 22 OTU 23 June 1942 and then to 419 Squadron on 9 September 1942. Angus sadly lost his life the following year from 419 Squadron, on 4 July 1943. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/36 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1822/35 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-07-1943 |
End Date | 04-07-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Cologne- region on the east bank of the Rhine where most of the industry was located. 653 aircraft, 30 losses (4.6%). Accurate ground marking by Oboe equipped Mosquitoes leading to another very significant blow to this Ruhr city. 20 industrial and 2200 homes completely destroyed and 588 people killed. A further 72000 people were bombed out. This was the first time the 'Wild Boar' technique had been used, in which the flak height was limited to allow night-fighters to fly over the main force and pick out aircraft in silhouette against the fires below. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed on the outskirts of Mechelen Belgium |