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Private George Bell served with 7 Platoon C Company 11th Parachute Battalion. He was part of the 2nd Lift to Arnhem, during Op Market Garden.The aircraft carrying Barlow was shot down enroute to Arnhem.

Private Bell died on 18 September 1944, aged 24 years old. He is now buried at Wageningen General Cemetery, at Wageningen, west of Arnhem.

 

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Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)
1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal...
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