Stewart, Alexander
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Alexander |
Surname | Stewart |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-03-1940 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IA |
Serial Number | N3006 |
Markings | LN- |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Dalziel (Airbles) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. G. Grave 1222. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 247 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 70819 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 99 (Madras Presidency) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Newmarket Heath Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of comrades who fell in battle during WW11 1939-1945 and all ranks who served on 99 Squadron Royal Air Force, the Squadron was based here from September 1939 until March 1941 |
Miscellaneous Information
No survivors from five-man crew |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/788/14 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/788/13 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-03-1940 |
End Date | 03-03-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Newmarket |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Nickel raid |
Reason for Loss | Recalled after a change in weather but crashed whilst responding, the aircraft coming down at Barton Mills, near Thetford |