Stewart, John Maxwell
Rank: Flying Officer
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Biography: Son of John Alexander Stewart, Professor of Burmese at London University and of Kinlay Stewart, of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.; born 1919 ; educated at Aberdeen Grammar School. After a year at Aberdeen University he entered King's College, Cambridge, and graduated B.A. in 1939. He joined the Royal Air Force and was for a time Gunnery Instructor, being awarded the A.F.M. for his work. Commissioned in 1942 he began operational flying, and in April 1943 he was reported missing in a raid on Essen and presumed to have lost his life.
Honours: Air Force Medal
Date of Death: April 1943
Burial Details: Buried at Reichwald Forest War Cemetery, 10.E.3
Publication: Roll of Remembrance. Published 1952.
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