Stuart, Alfred
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Alfred |
Surname | Stuart |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Date of Death | 28-09-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Henry and Mary Jane Stuart, of Rock Ferry, Birkenhead. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | EB215 |
Markings | NA-T |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Epe (Vaasen) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 692. |
Epitaph | MORE THAN A BROTHER YOU WERE MY ALL; GOD COMMANDED, YOU ANSWERED HIS CALL |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 249 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1121371 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 428 (Ghost) |
Squadron Motto | Usque ad finem (To the very end) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to fomer St. Georges Hotel, Teesside Airport, County Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed slate tablets |
Memorial Text | Dedicated to all who served on 428 (RCAF) Sqn at Middleton St. George during WWII, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/18 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1849/17 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 27-09-1943 |
End Date | 28-09-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Middleton St. George |
Day/Night Raid | Night (2% moon) |
Operation | Hanover. 678 aircraft, including five B-17s. 39 aircraft Lost, including one B-17 (5.6%). Bombing was very concentrated, but not accurately on target due to incorrect PFF marking. Little significant damage inflicted. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed at Oosterhof, NE of Vaasen, Holland |