and as part of the Advance Air Striking Force of the RAF during the Battle of France
their single Lewis guns achieving little by way of defence
April 2007
with an artificial limb he returned to flying duties after the war and remained in the Royal Air Force until the end of World War Two
HMS Durban Escorts the Troopship RMS Queen Mary by Ivan Berryman
Tribute to Sgt Ray Shaw, RAAF by Ivan Berryman. (GS) SQN145 and as part of theB0483GS. Tribute to Sgt Ray Shaw, RAAF by Ivan Berryman. Whilst flying Curtiss Kittyhawk AK726 (O) on 22nd February 1942, Sgt Ray Shaw, assisted by Sgts Beste, Shillabeer and Kierath in similar aircraft, became the first pilot to score a victory for 450 Sqn RAAF, sending down a Ju. 88A4 south east of Gazala, Libya. The German aircraft, coded 7A+NH from 1.(F)121, suffered terminal damage to an engine and crash landed in the desert, where the crew were