Richard Henry Stewart

Military

Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF. Six combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Bernburg in B-17 42-31612 22-Feb-44; shot down by flak, crew baled out and pilot made a wheels up landing near Aachen. Broke leg on landing. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 2657



Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 351st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36159440 / O-803734
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Spotsylvania Courthouse, VA 30 June 1920 Son of Frederick Willard and Grace [Harris] Stewart.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 22 February 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Died

Mount Pleasant, SC 23 September 2011

Buried

Sunset Memorial Gardens Four Mile Fork, Spotsylvania County, VA 26 September 2011 Sunset Memorial Gardens Four Mile Fork, Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Based

Polebrook 22 February 1944 Assigned to 510BS, 351BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2657 / MACR 2657, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database