AIR CREW EUROPE STAR GROUP TO NUTTALL A NAVIGATOR WITH 10 SQUADRON-WHOSE HALIFAX WAS SHOT DOWN OVER THE NORTH SEA ON 23 JUNE 1943 BY THE GERMAN ACE NIGHT FIGHTER PILOT BRUNO EIKMEIR

1939/45 Star,Aircrew Europe Star,and 1939/45 War Medal.
Comes with casualty medal slip,and additional slip with 1600601 SGT NUTTALL.
Also comes with the bottom section of the Air Ministry box,and a copied photo of his grave,and a photo of Halifax Bomber BB324 ZA-X( Nuttals aircraft on the night he died)
Medals about extremely fine.
Segeant Navigator FrederIck Thomas Nuttall 1600601,10 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve died on 23rd June 1943,aged 20.
The Son of Sidney A.H.and Ellen Nuttall of North End,Portsmouth.He is buried in Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery.
Handley Page Halifax Mk11 BB324 ZA-X 10 Squadron (Piloted by Pilot Sergeant R.M.Pinkerton) ,took off from R.A.F.Melbourne on 22nd June 1943,on a mission to Mulheim.On the return journey,she was shot down at 2.36 on 23rd June by Night Fighter Pilot Oberfeldwebel Bruno Eikmier of the 2./NJG 1,flying a Bf 110 g-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.Bruno Eikmier was a German Ace,who shot down 6 aircraft, before he was himself killed in action on 04/09/1943.
All seven occupants of the aircraft were killed,the body of Navigator Sgt Nuttall being washed up near Zandvoort on 10th August 1943.
The Handley Page Halifax mk11 BB324 ZA-X is a much photographed aircraft-several images can be found on the internet,the copied image included with the group has a caption Handley Page Halifax BB324 ZA-X on a mission to Mulheim 23/06/1943.
An interesting lot, worthy of furher research.

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