Stuart King obituary

In the aftermath of the second world war, my friend Stuart King, who has died aged 98, believed that aircraft could be used for peace rather than war. As an RAF engineer he was able to put that belief into practice by helping to create Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), a Christian missionary organisation that also acts as a humanitarian air service, flying life-saving supplies into countries that need them. Stuart was born in Wandsworth, south London, to Alfred Sendall-King, a telephone engineer, and Hetty White, a teacher. Moving to Cardiff in 1937, he attended Cardiff Technical College and read engineering at the University of Wales. Enrolling in the RAF in 1941, he joined No 247 Squadron to support the Normandy landings. Continue reading...
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