Everett Wilson Stewart

Military
Major Everett W. Stewart of the 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. media-377029.jpg FRE 332 Major Everett W. Stewart of the 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 332 - Major Everett W. Stewart of the 328th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group.

CO 4th FG Feb 1945 - Sept 1945

CO 355th FG Jan 1944 - Feb 1945

CO 328th FS Aug 1943 - Jan 1944

CO 44th FS Aug 1942 -Sept 1942

7.83 aerial kills (3 x ME-109 + 2 x ME-108 + 1 x JU-188 + 1 x ME-410 + 1/2 x ME-110 + 1/3 HE-177).

P-51D s/n 44-72181 VF+S "Sunny VIII"

Col USAF retired Dec'd Feb. 10, 1982





Awards: DFC (3OLC), SS, AM (6OLC), AFC, DFC (British), WWII Victory, EAME (6 x Battle Stars), American Campaign and Defense Medals, OCC.

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Colonel Everett Stewart - appointed Commanding Officer of the 4th Fighter Group from February 1945 - with ground crewmen and a P-51 Mustang. Handwritten on slide:"COL Stewart with Ground Crew 4FG"
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Assistant Crew Chief
Colonel Everett Stewart - appointed Commanding Officer of the 4th Fighter Group from February 1945 - with ground crewmen and a P-51 Mustang. Handwritten on slide:"COL Stewart with Ground Crew 4FG"
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35302207
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Crew Chief
Colonel Everett Stewart - appointed Commanding Officer of the 4th Fighter Group from February 1945 - with ground crewmen and a P-51 Mustang. Handwritten on slide:"COL Stewart with Ground Crew 4FG"
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37147430
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Armourer

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
  • Nicknames: Quaker Schlemeil
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron Headquarters (4th Fighter Group)
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Down for Double / Sunny VII
  • Unit: 355th Fighter Group 354th Fighter Squadron
A P-51 Mustang (serial number 44-72181), nicknamed "Sunny VIII", flown by Colonel Everett Stewart, of the 4th Fighter Group - Debden. Handwritten on slide case:"Col Stewart's acft 8 x 10 N+ VFS 472181 G. Weckbacker"
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Sunny VIII
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
A two seat P-51 Mustang (VF-S, serial number 44-72210) of the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group. "P.51D Mustang, coded VF-S, right-sided view, with cockpit double-split open. This was because the aircraft was modified to take a second seat for a radar operator, with antenna fitted on the wing and was the personal machine for Colonel Stewart, dated June 1945." Information provided by Debden historian Keith Braybrooke.
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (4th Fighter Group)

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Talmage, Kansas 18 July 1915

Died

Bexar County, TX 9 February 1982

Buried

Restland Memorial Park Dallas, Dallas County, TX 13 February 1982 Restland Memorial Park Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Abilene, KS 67410, USA

Revisions

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Contributorfugari
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JCook Archives

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Contributorfugari
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JCook Photo Collection & Archives

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Contributoraaf8
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Personal and family Stewart archive.

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Contributorapollo11
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All information correct as far as I know.

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ContributorLucy May
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Combined multiple entries for Everett W Stewart. This entry now includes information from the following sources:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list and http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/pilots.html

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Who's Who in the Eighth Air Force and/or Biographical Directory Command & Staff Officers Eighth Air Force 1942-45

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