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Uwe Benkel


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Short Stirling III EE 893 - 75 Sqn - crashed 5./6. September 1943 at Schwanheim/Germany
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Hello,

my name is Uwe Benkel and I am a new member.

Since 1989 me and my partners are doing research on missing crewmembers of WW II.

 During this time we recovered the remains of more than 100 aircraft including more than 30 missing crewmembers.

More infomrmation you will find on our homepage www.flugzeugabstuerze-saarland.de

A few months ago we located the crashsite of the above Stirling.

We would like to get in contact with familymembers of the crew.

This spring we will start excavation of the remains of the aircraft.

Best wishes from Heltersberg/Germany

Uwe Benkel

ARBEITSGRUPPE VERMISSTENFORSCHUNG
Mail: mu.benkel@t-online.de
Homepage: www.flugzeugabstuerze-saarland.de 

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Uwe Benkel


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Hello,

here are some more details about the crew of the Short Stirling:

Airborne from Mepal 1959 5Sep43. Cause of loss not established. Crashed at Schwanheim. Those killed were buried at Schwanheim. They are now interred in the Rheinberg War Cemetery. P/O E.S.Wilkinson RNZAF KIA Sgt T.Whatley KIA F/S G.N.Simes RNZAF PoW F/S N.G.R.Treacher RNZAF PoW Sgt J.J.Waterman KIA Sgt E.S.Robson PoW F/S G.S.Wilkinson KIA Sgt E.S.Robson was interned in Camp 4B, PoW No.222770 with F/S N.G.R.Teacher, PoW No.222848. F/S G.N.Simes in Camp 357, PoW No.43282.

Also enclosed a photograph of the crashsite.

Uwe Benkel

ARBEITSGRUPPE VERMISSTENFORSCHUMG
Mail: mu.benkel@t-online.de
Homepage: www.flugzeugabstuerze-saarland.de (News added during the last few days)

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Uwe Benkel


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Hello,

I just got the information, that G. Simes, one of the crewmembers still lives in New Zealand and that he was told about the finding of the crashsite.

We are still looking for information about the other crewmembers. Is there nobody out there who is able to help us?  

Thanks

Uwe Benkel

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dawallace


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Hi Uwe
Really great website you have and good work you are doing.
I guess if I was going to try to track down the relatives I would start at the CWGC site http://www.cwgc.org/ and search for each of the dead which will usually give you the names of their closest relatives and town. I then google those names and town and can  sometimes come up with the right answer. It depends on how common the name and where they are from.
Good Luck
Dave Wallace

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Uwe Benkel


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Hello,

last weekend we had more than 300 visitors while we were digging for remains of the aircraft at the crashsite. It looks like we located one of the aircrafts engine in the ground.  It will be taken out soon and put on display in lthe local museum.

 After that we had a exhibition in the townhall of Schwanheim. It was very interesting to talk to eyewitnesses. Some of them brought parts of the aircraft they kept at their homes. There was a ladder, a map, one hat of a crewmember  and so on.

Enclosed you will find some photographs. For more infos about the coming recovery, please contact me or visito our homepage www.flugzeugabstuerze-saarland.de

Uwe Benkel
Mail; mu.benkel@t-online.de



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Oggie2620


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Hi Uwe
Will send a link to this thread to Glen Turner and Kevin King the main contacts for 75 (NZ) Sqn....
Dee

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Uwe Benkel


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The recovery of the remains of the Stirling crashed  5./6.9.1943 will start on April 16.,2011. I will keep you informed and send some photographs.

More details on our homepage: www.flugzeugabstuerze-saarland.de - Arbeitsgruppe - Aktuell

We are still looking for some photographs of the crew and the aircraft - please help us.

Thanks

Uwe Benkel

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Hi Uwe,

a photo of Pilot Officer Wilkinson from the Auckland Museum Website.


http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/general/Cenotaph/21897.detail?Ordinal=4&c_surname_search=wilkinson&c_warconflict_search=world+war+ii,+1939-1945



Mike H

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I am george wilkinsons grand daughter. Please contact me. Katelhoward@aol.com My grandmother died 22 years ago but my mother is still going strong at 70 this year. Kate Howard Neal

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I am George wilkinson's grand daughter. Please get in touch. Katelhoward@aol.com Many thanks

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Kate

Email on the way :)

Dee



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