Chappell, Raymond Charles
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-01-10
Birth Date: 1919-April-13
Born:
Robert Lovell Chappell & of Kathrine Chappell (nee Reid), of Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand.
Home:
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RNZAF
Unit
5 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
RCAF Station Dafoe, Saskatchewan
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
414959
First Burial
Municipal Cemetery, Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada
Chappell was a staff pilot-instructor at #5 BGS, Dafoe Sask.
While returning from an exercise in Bolingbroke IV.T 10000 the aircraft crashed 4 miles NE of the village of Quill Lake, about 30 miles NE of the base at Dafoe, Saskatchewan.
All four crew were killed instantly, but owing to the snowed in roads it was impossible to reach the wreckage until late in the afternoon.
Killed includes Chappell:Corp James Alexander Meneilly RCAF R/62202 KIFA Biggar Memorial Gardens Biggar Sask Lot 24. Block 18.LAC William Raymond Moisley RNZAF KIFA St. Augustine Cemetery Dafoe Sask. Lot 82. Div. 1. Grave 1.Sergeant Terry John Sugrue RNZAF KIFA Municipal Cemetery Humboldt Sask Soldiers' Plot. Row 2. Grave 8.
addendum 1: CHAPPELL, R C Please refer to page 859 & 860 and note the following. Sergeant R C Chappell, Leading Aircraftman W R Moisley, and Sergeant T J Sugrue all refer to J A McNeilly. It should read J A Meneilly.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
www.findagrave.com
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)This incident involved multiple aircraft:
- Bolingbroke Mk. IVT Serial: 10000
All the above aircraft in the above list are referenced in this report.
Bolingbroke 10000
Bristol Bolingbroke
Fairchild Bolingbroke Mk. IV, RCAF (Serial No. 9118), coded BK-V, No. 115 (Bomber Reconnaissance) Squadron, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, 1942.
The Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke was a maritime patrol aircraft and trainer used by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Second World War. Built by Fairchild-Canada, it was a license-built version of the Bristol Blenheim Mk IV bomber.
In 1935, the British Air Ministry issued Specification G.24/35 to procure a coastal reconnaissance/light bomber to replace the Avro Anson. Bristol proposed the Type 149, based on its Blenheim Mk I, with Bristol Aquila engines to give greater range. While the Air Ministry rejected this proposal, a Blenheim Mk I, retaining its Mercury VIII engines, was converted as a Type 149 (Blenheim Mk III) for the general reconnaissance role.The nose was lengthened to provide more room for the bombardier, with the upper left surface of the nose being scooped out to maintain pilot visibility during takeoff and landing.
The longer range also fulfilled a Canadian requirement for a maritime patrol aircraft. Consequently, Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) of Quebec started production of the Blenheim Mk IV as the Bolingbroke (the originally intended name for the Blenheim IV). This type was nicknamed the "Bolly". After a small run of aircraft constructed to British specifications, as the Bolingbroke Mk I, Fairchild switched production to the Bolingbroke Mk IV with Canadian and American instruments and equipment. These versions also included anti-icing boots and a dinghy. One of the early Mk IV variants was the Bolingbroke Mk IVW which was powered by two 825 hp (615 kW) Pratt & Whitney SB4G Twin Wasp Junior engines. Incapable of maintaining altitude on one engine, the normal bomb load was reduced to 500 pounds on these aircraft to compensate for the low engine power. The most-produced variant was the Bolingbroke Mk IVT trainer, of which 457 were completed. A total of 626 Bolingbrokes were produced.Wikipedia
Wikipedia Bolingbroke Bomber 
Harold A Skaarup Web Page 
Bolingbroke Bomber WWII
Bolingbroke - Kestrel Publications
5 BGS (5 Bomb and Gunnery School)
The Bombing and Gunnery School (B&GS) offered instruction in the techniques of bomb aiming and aerial machine gunnery to Air Observers, Bomb Aimers, and Wireless Air Gunners. These schools required large areas to accommodate their bombing and gunnery ranges, and were often located near water. The Avro Anson, Fairey Battle, Bristol Bolingbroke, and Westland Lysander were the standard aircraft used at B&GS schools.
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Dafoe SK
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial - 5 BGS History
Vintage Wings Ghosts Of Saskatchewan
Bolingbroke 10000
Bolingbroke Mk. IVT 10000
Used by No. 2 Training Command. With No. 5 Bombing & Gunnery School at Dafoe, Saskatchewan. Category A crash on 10 January 1943, Sgt. R.C. Chappel, RNZAF, Leading Aircraftman W.R. Moisley, RNZAF, Sgt. T.J. Sugre, RNZAF, and Cpl. J.A. McNeilly killed.1942-10-19 Taken on Strength 2019-08-20
1943-January-10 Accident: 5 Bomb & Gunnery School Loc: Quill Lake Village Names: Chappell | Mcneilly | Moisley | Sugrue
1943-04-20 Struck off Strength Struck off, reduced to spares and produce 2019-08-20