Photo: B. Chandler

Acknowledgments to S.C. Knox.

Flight Sgt. Stuart was a crew member of Whitley V Z6932 ZA- which took off on an air test. The aircraft landed at Acklington airfield after becoming lost in poor visibility. On leaving to return to Leeming, the Whitley flew into h/t cables, crashed and burst into flames.

Sgt W Stuart RCAF – killed
P/O R S Austin – killed
Sgt P W Bryant – killed
Sgt Whitlock – injured

Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the second World War: 1941 W.R. Chorley; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 87 3.

Northumberland Aviation Diary: Aviation Incidents from 17901999 ; Derek Walton; Norav Publications; 1999; ISBN 0 9536189 0 0

"In This Quiet Lane" Chevington and Broomhill in World War Two ; J.H. Hardy; 200; Glen Graphics; ISBN 1 900038 75 7

Their Corner of a Foreign Field A Guide and Tribute to the Commonwealth and Exiled Airmen who are buried in the Scottish Border; Peter Clark; 2002; Glen Graphic, ISBN 190003850 1

William Stuart is remembered in Chevington on C27.03 which carries no names but the list was included on the Unveiling Programme.

The CWGC entry for Flight Sergeant Stuart