Stewart, Maxwell Phillip (Warrant Officer )

Killed in Action 1943-February-25

Warrant Officer Maxwell Phillip Stewart RAAF

Birth Date: 1916-March-29

Born: Perth, City of Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Parents: Son of Philip Alexander Stewart and Alice Moselle Wakefield (nee Duff)Stewart

Spouse: Husband of Hazel Alexia (nee Boettcher) Stewart, of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Home: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Enlistment: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Enlistment Date: 1941-February-02

Service

RAAF

Unit

467 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAAF)
Recidite Adversarius Atque Ferociter Your opponents will retreat because of your courageous attack

Base

RAF Bottesford

Rank

Warrant Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

405189

Home
Google MapIpswich, Queensland, Australia
Target
Google MapNuremberg Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapHerzogenaurach Village Cemetery, Germany

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster ED526

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Joseph Louis Bernard Larin RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Larin, Joseph Louis Bernard (RCAF)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1943-February-25
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Sergeant Edward O'Kane RAFVR

Sergeant O'Kane, Edward (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1943-February-25
cemetery unknown

Flight Lieutenant Oscar Gladwin Rowcroft RAAF

Flight Lieutenant Rowcroft, Oscar Gladwin (RAAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-February-25
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer Maxwell Phillip Stewart RAAF

Warrant Officer Stewart, Maxwell Phillip (RAAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-February-25
cemetery unknown

Sergeant Richard Wiggins RAFVR

Sergeant Wiggins, Richard (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Killed in Action
1943-February-25
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Robert Stanley Woolley RCAF

Warrant Officer 2nd Class Woolley, Robert Stanley (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-February-25
Durnbach War Cemetery, Gmund am Tegernsee, Germany

Sergeant Robert McKenzie Wylie RAFVR

Sergeant Wylie, Robert McKenzie (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-February-25
cemetery unknown

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I/III ED526

Bombing Nuremberg Germany 1943-February-25 to 1943-February-25

467 (B) Sqn (RAAF) RAF Bottesford, England

467 Squadron RAAF (Recidite adversarius atque ferocitea) RAF Bottesford. Lancaster BIII ED 526 PO-J was shot down by flak during an operation against targets in Nuremburg, Germany. The Lancaster crashed near Weisendorf, Bayern, Germany with the loss of the entire crew

Warrant Officer 2nd Class J L B Larin (RCAF), Warrant Officer 2nd Class R S Woolley (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant O G Rowcroft (RAAF), Warrant Officer M P Stewart (RAAF), Sergeant E O'Kane (RAFVR), Sergeant R Wiggins (RAFVR) and Sergeant R M Wylie (RAFVR) were all killed in action

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