Stewart, Iain Menzies Robertson
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Iain Menzies Robertson |
Surname | Stewart |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 05-09-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Thomas Menzies Stewart and Petrine M. Stewart, of Aberfeldy, Perthshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling I |
Serial Number | BF337 |
Markings | BU-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Staphorst (Rouveen) New Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 7. |
Epitaph | OUR DARLING; AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE REMEMBER YOU |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 248 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 949942 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 214 (Federated Malay States) |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Plaques and RoH within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
Also commemorated on Aberfeldy War memorial (see photographs) |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1321/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 04-09-1942 |
End Date | 05-09-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (29% moon) |
Operation | Bremen. 251 aircraft, 12 losses (4.8%). This was the first time PFF used a 3 force strategy- illuminators to light the area with white incendiaries, visual markers who used coloured flares to identify the target and 'backers-up' to drop incendiaries on the previously marked targets. The weather was clear and the raid was a great success. Weser aircraft factory and Atlas shipbuilders seriously hit. |
Reason for Loss | Badly shot about by a night-fighter near Groningen and exploded later near Rouveen, Holland |