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| Name: |
Oliver "Stewpot" Stewart |
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England |
| Rank: |
Major |
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Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
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22, 54 |
| Victories: |
5 |
| Born: |
26 November 1896 |
| Place of Birth: |
London, England |
| Died: |
1976 |
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Lieutenant Oliver Stewart, 2/9th Middlesex Regiment (T.F.), received Royal Aero Club Aviator's Certificate 2630 on a Maurice Farman biplane at military school, Thetford on 30 March 1916. Posted to 54 Squadron, he scored five victories flying the Sopwith Pup in 1917.
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Great Britain, Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950
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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."
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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 2Lt C G Wood and 2Lt 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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