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Douglas John Bell
Captain Douglas John Bell was a World War I fighter ace credited with 20 aerial victories. He was one of the first fighter pilots to successfully engage an enemy multi-engine bomber.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/safrica/bell2.php〕 He became the leading ace of the nine in No. 3 Squadron RAF.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/services/gbritain/rfc/3.php〕
==Early flying service==
South African Bell enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps on 1 June 1916. He received his pilot's certificate on 22 September 1916.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aircraft/gbritain/martinsyde_g100.php〕 That same day, as a second lieutenant, he was appointed a Flying Officer.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29783/pages/9863〕 The following month, he was assigned to 27 Squadron, to fly the Martinsyde G.100. Despite the poor performance of a bomber so ungainly that it was nicknamed "the elephant",〔 Bell managed to score three victories flying the Martinsyde. He drove down an Albatros D.III on 1 May 1917; on 4 June, he shared the destruction of another D.III with another pilot, and drove a third down out of control. The performance made him one of the top two scorers with the Martinsyde.〔 On the 15th, he was awarded the Military Cross for his performance of a long-distance bombing mission.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30135/supplements/5985〕
Bell was promoted to Flight Commander as a Temporary Captain on 9 April 1917.〔http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30051/supplements/4313〕 He was then reassigned to No. 78 Squadron, which was flying Sopwith 1½ Strutters on Home Defence duty back in England. While with 78 he engaged a Gotha bomber on 25 September 1917. After nearly fifteen minutes of machine-gunning the Gotha, it crashed into the North Sea. His claim for this victory went unconfirmed; it would have been Home Defence's first victory.〔
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