Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Pilot Officer M. E. Putt, 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, killed in action during a raid on Nurnberg on 31 March 1944

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with named Air Council enclosure (Pilot Officer M. E. Putt) and card box of issue addressed to Miss E. A. S. Putt, Woodstock, Oxon, extremely fine (3) £200-£300

Maurice Emerson Putt was a crew member of a Lancaster III of 97 Squadron (ND640 OF-R) on a raid to Nurnberg on the night of 30-31 March 1944. Their plane was shot down on the outbound flight by Oblt. Martin Becker, I./NJG6, piloting a ME 110, and crashed at Müncholzhausen. All seven of this highly decorated crew (four D.F.Cs and two D.F.Ms between them) were killed and all buried in Hannover War Cemetery.