The Airmen's Stories - P/O D Stewart-Clark

Dudley Stewart-Clark, of West Lothian, was educated at Eton. He joined the RAFVR about May 1939 as an Airman u/t Pilot. Called up on September 1st 1939 he completed his training and was with 603 Squadron at Dyce in June 1940.

On July 3rd Stewart-Clark shared in the destruction of a Ju88, on the 6th he shared a Do17 and on the 15th and 16th he shared He111’s. He was shot down by Hauptmann Bode of II/JG 26 over the Channel off Margate on September 3rd in Spitfire X4185. Stewart-Clark baled out, wounded, and was admitted to Chelmsford Hospital.

He was killed on September 19th 1941, as a Flight Lieutenant with 72 Squadron.

He is buried in Pihen-les-Guines Communal Cemetery, France.