James Bell Dickson

James "Jim" Bell Dickson, a native of Aberdeen, Mississippi, was a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces. Jim Bell was KIA April 8, 1944 in P-51B, tail number 43-7147, YF-X.

Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
He was assigned to the 358th Squadron, 355th Fighter Group, 8th AAF Fighter Station England. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross which was pinned on by Colonel Jesse Anton of Covington, Kentucky.

There is a monument in the Netherlands in memory of Jim Bell and Henri Pintaud at: Eikensingel 42, 8433 JK Haulerwijk, Ooststellingwerf, Nederland. He is also on The 355th Fighter Group Memorial at Steeple Morden UK.