WW2 Air Crew Europe Star & Bar

WW2 Air Crew Europe Star, clasp: France and Germany. Unnamed  as issued. Old original Star with Bar sewn on old ribbon. In very good condition. 

The Air Crew Europe Star was awarded to Royal Air Force Operational Personnel flying from Airbases in England over Europe over a period of over two months, between 3rd September 1939 and 4th June 1944. To qualify for the France Germany Clasp they had to be flying after D DAY.

During WW2 the ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF) BOMBER COMMAND suffered a high CASUALTY RATE, with 55,000 Aircrew KILLED out of a total of 125,000. A death rate of 44.4% of Aircrew KILLED, 8,403 were WOUNDED IN ACTION, and 9,838 became PRISONERS OF WAR. 
A very heavy price to pay for Victory.