In Memory Of

BELL, JOHN WILLIAM ARTHUR

Service Details
Age:
 39
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 240363
Rank:
 Major
Regiment:
 South African Intelligence Corps
Date of Death:
 1942-12-19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed Lodestar 18-08 #248. Crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Kisumu Airport (KIS). The airplane came down in Kavirondo Gulf, Lake Victoria. It appeared that the undercarriage could not be raised after takeoff because of an electrical failure in the under-carriage safety lock circuit. The Lodestar was returning to South Africa from Cairo, Egypt.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 L. 6.
Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Son of William and E. Bell; husband of Mary H. A. Bell, of Johannesburg.