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FO Robert "Jock" Stewart
Royal Air Force 40 Squadron
from:Birmingham
Our father, Robert Stewart, flew with 40th Bomber Squadron, Middle East Command between 1942 and 1945. He was a bomb aimer on Wellington bombers operating predominantly out of Qastina in Palestine.
His log book shows that on most of his missions the pilot was W/O Beetz (we believe he was Canadian). We believe the last mission of 40th squadron was 13th of March 1945 (this would have been his 27th birthday).
He survived the war and afterwards went back to his job as a police officer in Birmingham. He passed away in 1980.
We tried without success to obtain the 'Bomber Command Clasp' but it was refused on the grounds that he was based in the Middle East and not Great Britain. He left a wife (passed away 2010), two sons and three grandsons.