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STEWART, John Barr Jr - Date of
birth
17 May 1918 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Marion County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-700849 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Pilot -
Unit
396th Fighter Squadron,
368th Fighter Group
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Awards
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
28 August 1944 - Place of
death
Near Ivors, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 22 | 53 |
Immediate family
-
Members
John B. Stewart (father)
Madeline (Embler) Stewart (mother)
Charles A. Stewart (brother)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-76407 -
Data
Type: P-47D-20
Destination: Meaux, France
Mission: Strafing enemy transport
MACR: 8054
More information
2nd Lt John B. Stewart was sent overseas in May 1944."Flying a P-47D he took off from Chartres, France on a dive-bombing operation to Meaux, France. After strafing enemy transport, the leader called to go home as all his ammunition had been expended. Lt Stewart called that he still had plenty of it left and got permission to strafe a staff car that they had missed. His P-47 hit a tree, could not gain altitude and crashed 0820hrs north of Betz, 17 miles north of Meaux."
Lt Stewart was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Champigneul, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.fold3.com, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News, Arie-Jan van Hees, Pilot Class Book 43-K, Goodfellow Field, Texas