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W. D. M. Bell
Scottish adventurer, soldier, and fighter pilot
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Bell's photograph for his pilot's license, | |
Born | Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell 8 September [1] Clifton Hall near Edinburgh |
Died | 30 June () (aged73) Corriemoillie, Garve, Ross-shire[2] |
Pen name | Karamojo Bell |
Occupation | big game hunter, adventurer, soldier, and aviator |
Nationality | Scottish |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Genre | autobiography, travel, adventure |
Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell (8 September – 30 June ), known as Karamojo Bell after the Karamoja sub-region in Uganda, which he travelled extensively, was a Scottish adventurer, big game hunter in East Africa,[3] soldier, decorated fighter pilot, sailor, writer, and painter.
Famous as one of the most successful ivory hunters of his time, Bell was an advocate of accurate shot placement with smaller calibre rifles, over the heavy large-bore rifles his contemporaries used for