Kenneth Eckert Schlegel

1920 - 1943  (22 years)

• Name	Kenneth Eckert Schlegel
  Born	14 Nov 1920  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW2 - Flight Sergeant Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force  [1]
  Residence	Bef 1943	168 Charon St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-141758P
  Died	3 Aug 1943  [1]
  Buried	Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Heidekreis, Neidersachsen, Germany
  Person ID	I141758	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Herbert C. Schlegel,   b. 24 Feb 1887, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Pearl Boan,   b. Aug 1884, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	3 Jan 1912	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Family ID	F45622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From: Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database DATE: 02-Aug-1943 / 03-Aug-1943 UNIT: 115 Squadron AIRCRAFT: Lancaster II RAF BASE: East Wretham TAKE-OFF AT: 23: 50 SERIAL: DS673 CODES: KO: V TARGET: Hamburg PILOT: Bennett, Robert William, Sergeant, (1338150) (killed) CREW: Sergeant George Austin Hodges (flight engineer) (1581728) (killed), Sergeant Leslie Ernest Fuller (navigator) (1333900) (killed), Sergeant Herbert Alfred Sparrow (bomb aimer) (1318964) (killed), Sergeant Dudley Herbert Read (wireless operator) (1389067) (killed), Flight Sergeant Dudley William Bellamy (mid-upper gunner) (903979) (killed), Flight Sergeant Kenneth Eckert Schlegel RCAF (rear gunner) (R/152251) (killed) DETAILS: Believed shot down by night fighter & crashed into the sea off the port of Wilhelmshaven. Four were buried in Sage War Cemetery three in Becklingen War Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1886] Military - Canada - Second World War Service Files Canadian Armed Forces War Dead. Schlegel, Kenneth Eckert 22 years Birthdate: 1920 Nov 14 Died: 1943 Aug 3 Rank: Flight Sergeant Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force Force: Air Service Number: R152251 Additional Details son of Herbert & Pearl Schlegel of Kitchener, Ontario

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Bef 1943 - 168 Charon St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Becklingen War Cemetery, Soltau, Heidekreis, Neidersachsen, Germany  = Link to Google Earth