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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 753

(x) R.A.F. Halton, Barrington-Kennett Trophy Medal, type 5, by N.A. & A.F.I., silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1937 (A/A Newstead, C.H.), good very fine

Conrad Howard Newstead was born on 23 September 1917, the son of James and Edith Newstead of Edinburgh. He was educated at Dundee High School from 1930-33 and joined R.A.F. Halton as an aircraft apprentice in August 1934, passing out in 1937. One of the first fitters to quality as a Flight Engineer (a post only established in March 1941), he joined 35 Squadron based at Linton-on-Ouse and took part in five bombing raids in June 1941. Targets included Hanover and Kiel, during which his aircraft twice came under attack from enemy fighters.

On his sixth mission, Conrad was killed in action during the daylight action over the Scharnhorst at La Pallice on 24 July 1941. His Halifax aircraft was last seen in the target area descending in a slow spiral with smoke coming from one or two of its engines. Two crew members managed to parachute to safety, but Sergeant Newstead and the four remaining crew members were killed. They are all buried at Angles Communal Cemetery, near Les Sables d'Olonne, France; sold with significant research including a detailed account of the Scharnhorst attack.


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