Bellows, Franklin Barney, 2nd Lt

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Second Lieutenant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1511-Air Operations Staff Officer, Navigator-Observer

Last AFSC Group
Air Operations

Primary Unit
1918-1918, 1511, 50th Aero Squadron

Service Years
1917 - 1918

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Personal Details

Home State

Illinois

Year of Birth
1896

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Casualty Info

Home Town Evanston, Illinois	Last Address Bicqueley Aerodrome, Lorraine, France

Casualty Date Sep 13, 1918
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location France	Conflict World War I
Location of Interment American Cemetery - St. Mihiel, France	Wall/Plot Coordinates Plot B Row 23 Grave 5

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	2013, World War I Fallen

1918-1918, DH-4 Bomber

From Year 1918	To Year 1918

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Image	DH-4 Bomber Details
	Aircraft/Missile Information Specifications (DH.4 - Eagle VIII engine) General characteristics * Crew: 2 * Length: 30 ft 8 in (9.35 m) * Wingspan: 43 feet 4 in (13.21 m) * Height: 11 ft (3.35 m) * Wing area: 434 ft� (40 m�) * Empty weight: 2,387 lb (1,085 kg) * Loaded weight: 3,472 lb (1,578 kg) * Powerplant: 1� Rolls-Royce Eagle VII inline liquid cooled piston, 375 hp (or 230 hp/171.5 kW for BHP Puma) (289 kW) Performance * Maximum speed: 143 mph (106 mph for Puma) (171 km/h) at sea level * Range: 470 mi (770 km) * Service ceiling: 22,000 ft (6,700 m) * Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (305 m/min) * Wing loading: 8 lb/ft� (39.5 kg/m�) * Power/mass: 0.108 hp/lb (0.266 kW/kg) * Endurance: 3� hr * Climb to 10,000 ft: 9 min Armament * Forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun * Lewis gun on Scarff ring at rear * 460 lb (210 kg) of bombs

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Last Updated: Dec 8, 2011

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