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STEWART, Angus Douglas - Date of
birth
22 July 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-670286 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Bombardier -
Unit
339th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
16 December 1943 - Place of
death
Waddenzee approximately 2 miles northwest of Harlingen, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
-
Members
Hamilton Stewart (father)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31113 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Nickname: Zilch
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1564
More information
2n Lt Angus D. Stewart volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States as a private in New York City, New York on 17 March 1942. He attended college for 1 year and was a clerk before he joined the army.The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft. One engine was knocked off the ship, falling on aircraft no # 42-30872. Both airplanes went down. No parachutes were seen.
The entire crew of both airplanes was killed.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.footnote.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.8thafhs.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees, Bombardier Class Book 43-01 San Anglo AAF, Texas, Pilot Class Book 42-K, Stamford AFS, Arledge, Texas.