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Wing Commander Herbert Collier Stewart

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Wing Commander Herbert Collier Stewart Veteran

Birth
Calgary, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada
Death
31 May 1957 (aged 38)
Zweibrucken, Stadtkreis Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Burial
Choloy-Menillot, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Section 5 - Row C - Grave 1
Memorial ID
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Wing Commander Stewart was a veteran of the Second World War.

FIERCE, FIERY WARRIORS FOUGHT UPON THE CLOUDS,
IN RANKS AND SQUADRONS.
LET THEIR REMEMBRANCE BE AS LASTING AS THE
LAND THEY
HONOURED.

Wing Commander Stewart was an RCAF pilot and the commanding officer (C/O) of 434 Squadron at 3 (F) Wing, Zweibrücken, Germany. He lost his life when 434 Squadron's North American F-86 Sabre (#23396) fighter jet aircraft crashed on the runway at Zweibrücken; Stewart had been checking the nose landing gear of another 434 Squadron Sabre (#23463) when his aircraft stalled, resulting in its crashing.
Military Service:-
Rank: Wing Commander
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: C1494
Age: 38
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit: 434 (Fighter) Squadron, 3 (F) Wing Zweibrücken, Germany
Honours/Citations: Air Force Cross (AFC), Canadian Forces Decoration (CD), Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Defence Medal, Air Crew Europe Star, 1939-1945 Star

During the Second World War he enlisted in the RCAF on 2 Jan1940 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Son of Herbert Duncan Reynard and Ada Jane (née Collier) Stewart of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; husband of Pamela Evelyn (née Gibson) Stewart and father of Roderick, Kimberley and Jonathan Stewart of Zweibrucken, Germany; brother of Everard, Harriet and Alyce.

Wing Commander Herbert Collier Stewart is commemorated on Page 84 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.

W/C H. C. STEWART, AFC, is one of 107 airmen's names inscribed on the Honour Roll on the Sabre Pilots Memorial at RCAF Memorial Museum in Trenton, Ontario, Canada; the unveiling ceremony of the Sabre Pilots Memorial took place on 19 June 1998.
Wing Commander Stewart was a veteran of the Second World War.

FIERCE, FIERY WARRIORS FOUGHT UPON THE CLOUDS,
IN RANKS AND SQUADRONS.
LET THEIR REMEMBRANCE BE AS LASTING AS THE
LAND THEY
HONOURED.

Wing Commander Stewart was an RCAF pilot and the commanding officer (C/O) of 434 Squadron at 3 (F) Wing, Zweibrücken, Germany. He lost his life when 434 Squadron's North American F-86 Sabre (#23396) fighter jet aircraft crashed on the runway at Zweibrücken; Stewart had been checking the nose landing gear of another 434 Squadron Sabre (#23463) when his aircraft stalled, resulting in its crashing.
Military Service:-
Rank: Wing Commander
Trade: Pilot
Service Number: C1494
Age: 38
Force: Royal Canadian Air Force
Unit: 434 (Fighter) Squadron, 3 (F) Wing Zweibrücken, Germany
Honours/Citations: Air Force Cross (AFC), Canadian Forces Decoration (CD), Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Defence Medal, Air Crew Europe Star, 1939-1945 Star

During the Second World War he enlisted in the RCAF on 2 Jan1940 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Son of Herbert Duncan Reynard and Ada Jane (née Collier) Stewart of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; husband of Pamela Evelyn (née Gibson) Stewart and father of Roderick, Kimberley and Jonathan Stewart of Zweibrucken, Germany; brother of Everard, Harriet and Alyce.

Wing Commander Herbert Collier Stewart is commemorated on Page 84 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.

W/C H. C. STEWART, AFC, is one of 107 airmen's names inscribed on the Honour Roll on the Sabre Pilots Memorial at RCAF Memorial Museum in Trenton, Ontario, Canada; the unveiling ceremony of the Sabre Pilots Memorial took place on 19 June 1998.


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  • Created by: SJB Hearn
  • Added: Oct 3, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98219079/herbert_collier-stewart: accessed ), memorial page for Wing Commander Herbert Collier Stewart (24 Jan 1919–31 May 1957), Find a Grave Memorial ID 98219079, citing Choloy War Cemetery, Choloy-Menillot, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France; Maintained by SJB Hearn (contributor 46864594).