Service Details
Name:
 STEWART
Given Name:
 RODERICK
Initials:
 R J
Service No:
 102981
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 21 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-11-20
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Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, 4 crew (1 survived), shot down by Bf109. Possibly shot down by Hans-Arnold "Fiffi" Stahlschmidt, who was credited with 59 victories, in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #1664
Additional
Information:
Son of Thomas and Mary MacI. Stewart; husband of Eve M. Stewart, of Northlands, Transvaal, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 10. B. 10.

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