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| Name: |
Oliver "Stewpot" Stewart |
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| Country: |
England |
| Rank: |
Major |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
22, 54 |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
26 November 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
London |
| Died: |
1976 |
| Place of Death: |
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| Military Cross (MC) |
"Lt. Oliver Stewart, Midd'x R. & R.F.C.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has done consistent good work for six months, both on escorts and offensive patrols, and has displayed great fearlessness and skill during severe fighting at close range with enemy machines, successfully holding his own, although on several occasions outnumbered by them." Supplement to the London Gazette, 17 September 1917 (30287/9584) |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
06 Apr 1917 |
0800 |
54 |
Sopwith Pup (A6156) |
Albatros D.III (DES) |
St. Quentin |
| 2 |
24 May 1917 |
0800 |
54 |
Sopwith Pup (A6156) |
Albatros D.III (OOC) |
Premont |
| 3 |
06 Jun 1917 |
1200 |
54 |
Sopwith Pup (A6156) |
Albatros D.III (DES) |
SW of Cambrai |
| 4 |
15 Aug 1917 |
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54 |
Sopwith Pup 1 |
C (DES) |
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| 5 |
25 Sep 1917 |
1130 |
54 |
Sopwith Pup (A6211) |
Albatros D.V (DES) |
N of Middelkerke |
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| 1 |
Shared with 2/Lt CG Wood and 2/Lt G Clapham |
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| Books |
- Aerobatics
- A Simple Explanation of Aerial Evolutions; by Oliver Stewart / Hardcover / London: Pitman, 1928
- Of Flight and Flyers
- by Oliver Stewart / Hardcover / London: Newnes, 1964
- Words and Music of a Mechanical Man
- Autobiography of Oliver Stewart / Hardcover / London: 1976
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