Stewart, Herbert William Joseph (Flight Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1943-November-23

Flight Lieutenant Herbert William Joseph Stewart RCAF

Birth Date: 1919-June-20

Born:

Parents: Joseph & Effie D. Stewart

Spouse:

Home: Montreal, Quebec (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Distinguished Flying Cross

Service

RCAF

Unit

156 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Light The Way

Base

RAF Warboys

Rank

Flight Lieutenant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

J/15536

Home
Google MapMontreal, Quebec (parents)
Target
Google MapBerlin Germany
Final Burial
Google MapBerlin War Cemetery
Plot 1 Row G Grave 3

Took off from Warboys at 17:36 in Lancaster Mk III JB223 on an operation to Berlin Germany.

Hit by flak and then shot down by a night fighter and crashed at Tegel near Berlin Germany. There were no survivors

Killed includes Stewart: Pilot Officer William Anderson RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 130. F/Lt Charles Vincent Harvey RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 119. Flight Sergeant Francis Peter King RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 1. G. 1. Flying Officer Ernest Raymond Mitchell RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 126. Flying Officer Robert Haynes MacDonald RAF KIA Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery grave 1. A. 2. Pilot Officer Maxwell Morley Patrick RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 191. Pilot Officer Walter Henry Rose RAF KIA Runnymede Memorial Panel 191.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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