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Schlegel, Kenneth Eckert (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1943-August-03

Birth Date: 1921 (age 22)

Son of Herbert and Pearl Schlegel, of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Home: Bamberg, Ontario

Service
RCAF
Unit
115 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Despite The Elements
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
R/152251
115 Squadron (Despite The Elements), East Wretham, Kent, England. Lancaster aircraft DS 673 missing from a night trip to Hamburg, Germany. Sergeants D.H. Read (RAF), H.A. Sparrow (RAF), and four others of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed. Addendum: , R.W. Bennett (RAF), L.E. Fuller (RAF), W.H. Hodges (RAF), and FS. D.W. Bellamy (RAF) were also killed. Detail from the 115 Squadron Roll of Honour.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Flight Sergeant Kenneth Eckert Schlegel was exhumed and reburied.

Home
Google MapBamberg, Ontario
Target
Google MapHamburg Germany
First Burial
Google MapBrockweswalde, Germany
Re-Burial
Google MapBecklingen War Cemetery
27 J 6

Lancaster DS673

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