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169048   Flying Officer Charles Fullerton Stewart D.F.M.
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Dated added: 30/12/2015   Last updated: 19/03/2020
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: 582 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (British Air Force)
Died: 29/08/1944 (Killed in Action)
Age: 22
Summary      
Charles Fullerton Stewart was the son of William and Sarah Black Stewart. He was born about 1922. Flying Officer Charles Fullerton Stewart served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Flying Officer Charles Fullerton Stewart was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal in May 1943. He was with 582 Squadron. On the evening of 29th August 1944, Flying Officer Stewart was part of the crew of a Lancaster which took off on a night raid targeting the port of Stettin on the German - Polish border. It crashed in Denmark.
Further Information
Charles Fullerton Stewart was the son of William and Sarah Black Stewart. He was born about 1922.
Flying Officer Charles Stewart served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in World War Two.
Flying Officer Charles Fullerton Stewart was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M). Pilot Officer Stewart’s DFM was gazetted on 14 May 1943. The citation reads:
‘F/Sgt Stewart has completed a large number of sorties against enemy targets. His skill and daring as a gunner in defence of his aircraft have been a source of great confidence to the rest of his crew. In evading strong ground defences and, enemy searchlights his commentaries, coolly and accurately delivered, have also been of great assistance to his captain.’
By August 1944, Flying Officer Stewart was with 582 Squadron.
On the evening of 29th August 1944, Flying Officer Stewart was part of the crew of an Avro Lancaster (Serial Number PB202) took off from Little Staughton on a night raid targeting the port of Stettin. Stettin was a port on the German - Polish border.
Lancaster Bomber
The raid included 403 aircraft, of which 23 were lost. One of the aircraft lost was Flying Officer Stewart’s Lancaster bomber, which crashed at Vorupor, west of Thisted, Denmark. The crew were:
bullet Flying Officer George Richard BRADLEY (53275) Flight Engineer
bullet Squadron Leader Allan Leonard FARRINGTON (40046) Pilot
bullet Pilot Officer Henry SILVERWOOD (56185) Wireless Operator
bullet Flight Sergeant Douglas Edward John STEVENS (1576847) Air Gunner
bullet Flying Officer Charles Fullerton STEWART (169048) Air Gunner
bullet Flight Lieutenant Alfred Carman STROUT (J/9481) Navigator
bullet Flight Lieutenant Lorne Vincent TYNDALE (J/13758) Navigator
Flying Officer Charles Stewart was killed in action on 29th August 1944. He was 22 years old.
Flying Officer Charles Fullerton Stewart is buried in Norre Vorupor Cemetery in Denmark.
Flying Officer Charles Stewart is commemorated locally on the WW2 Memorial in St Macartan’s Cathedral in Clogher. He is also commemorated on Clogher War Memorial.
The CWGC record Flying Officer Charles Fullerton Stewart as the son of William and Sarah Black Stewart of Clogher, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
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Relevant Dungannon Area Locations
No Location Region Location Notes Longtitude Latitude
1 Clogher Clogher CWGC lists parents in Clogher 54.411663 -7.170947
References and Links
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1 Airmen - Denmark Details of Flying Officer Charles Stewart
2 Clogher & St. Marcartan's Cathedral Listed on WW2 Memorial in Cathedral
3 FindAGrave.com Photo of Flying Officer Charles Stewart's gravestone
4 International Bomber Command Details of crew and loss
5 RAF Commands - PB202 Details of crew and loss
6 War Graves Photographic Project Photo of Flying Officer Charles Stewart's gravestone can be purchased here
7 Yorkshire Aircraft Details of Flying Officer Charles Stewart
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