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19/03/2020 The CWGC record Flying Officer Charles Fullerton Stewart as the son of William and Sarah Black Stewart of Clogher, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
19/03/2020 Flying Officer Charles Stewart served with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in World War Two.
19/03/2020 By August 1944, Flying Officer Stewart was with 582 Squadron.
19/03/2020 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:
19/03/2020 ‘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.’
19/03/2020 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.
19/03/2020 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:
19/03/2020 Flying Officer Charles Stewart was killed in action on 29th August 1944. He was 22 years old.
19/03/2020 Charles Fullerton Stewart was the son of William and Sarah Black Stewart. He was born about 1922.
19/03/2020 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.
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19/03/2020 Flying Officer George Richard BRADLEY (53275) Flight Engineer
19/03/2020 Squadron Leader Allan Leonard FARRINGTON (40046) Pilot
19/03/2020 Pilot Officer Henry SILVERWOOD (56185) Wireless Operator
19/03/2020 Flight Sergeant Douglas Edward John STEVENS (1576847) Air Gunner
19/03/2020 Flying Officer Charles Fullerton STEWART (169048) Air Gunner
19/03/2020 Flight Lieutenant Alfred Carman STROUT (J/9481) Navigator
19/03/2020 Flight Lieutenant Lorne Vincent TYNDALE (J/13758) Navigator
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19/03/2020 Flying Officer Charles Fullerton Stewart is buried in Norre Vorupor Cemetery in Denmark.
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