A state-of-the-art accommodation block at a Yorkshire RAF base has been named after a highly decorated Second World War pilot. Report by Matt Clark.Although from Northumberland, Flight Sergeant Frederick Stuart served with 426 Squadron, a Royal Canadian Air Force unit, which during the war flew Lancaster bombers from RAF Linton-on-Ouse near York. FS Stuart was awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (CGM) for attacking his target despite severe damage to his aircraft. He was one of only 103 airmen to be awarded the RAF CGM during the Second World War.In recognition of his heroism, the accommodation block, part of a multi-million pound MOD scheme to modernise single living accommodation called 'Project SLAM' - has been named after FS Stuart. And so his surviving relatives went along to the airbase to see it for themselves.
Read more Add your comments (2) 20.01.2008. 12:10
