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Frederick Gordon Stewart | |||
Rank: | Sgt | Number: | 969410 |
Ship/Rgn/Sqn No: | 010 Sqn RAF | ||
Name of Rgt or Ship: | Bomber Command | ||
Died: | 11/05/1941 | Age: | 27 |
How Died: | Killed in Action | ||
Country of burial: | Germany | Grave Photo: | No |
Cemetery or Memorial: | Kiel Cemetery | ||
Town Memorial: | Not Listed | ||
Extra Information: | |||
Attended the Merchant Taylors School, Great Crosby, Lancs, and St. Mary's College, Blundell Sands, Lancs. Employed as a Salesman for H.E. Nunn Ltd, Manchester. Flying with 10 Sqn the crew of five took off at 22.25 hours from RAF Leeming, Yorkshire, in a Whitley bomber - No. P5048 No. ZA-H for a bombing run on Hamburg. They were last heard of at 02.23 hours when they sent a wireless message stating that they had attacked the target. The entire crew were lost and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial - they were:- Pilot - Pilot Officer P.B. Gough, Sgt. L. Manchip, Sgt. R. Richardson and Sgt. D.F.F. Watson. His father was also killed on active service on the 20/03/40 on S.S. Barn Hill. Local newspaper reference states Gordon Stewart. |
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