FRANK MERRILL BELL
1871-1914
  
 
Frank M. Bell
  
 
Frank Merrill Bell
(Aug. 5, 1871 - Feb. 7, 1914)
(R. Woodcock Collection - University of Wyoming)
Contributed by Ken McCracken, 12-17-10
  

 
 
"Aviator's Injuries Fatal,"
Knoxville Journal and Tribune,
Knoxville, Tennessee: February 8, 1914,
Transcribed by Bob Davis - 2-18-07
"Meridian, Miss. Feb. 7. - F. M. Bell, an aviator who fell about three hundred feet when giving an exhibition flight here today January 5, died here today as a result of his injuries. Bell said, that in the same monoplane with which he made his last flight, he aided neutral army officers in their observations of the Balkan war."		  

 
 
 
 
F. M. Bell died on February 7, 1914.
 
Editor's Note:
If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator,
please contact me.
E-mail to Ralph Cooper
 
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