The Airmen's Stories - Sgt. R R J Nute
Romilly Ronald James Nute joined the RAF in August 1935 as an Aircrafthand. He later remustered as an Airman u/t Air Gunner and was with 23 Squadron at Collyweston in early July 1940.
He was killed on the night of 10/11th March 1941, still with 23 Squadron, when his Blenheim IF L1340 YP*X collided with a He111 during an intruder sortie.
The other crew members also killed were Sgt. FH Abbott and Sgt. VH Skillen (another Battle veteran).
Nute is buried in St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, France.
 
 

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