Famed for his night time surface attacks on convoys
their single Lewis guns achieving little by way of defence
and as part of the Advance Air Striking Force of the RAF during the Battle of France
Nelson drives HMS Captain onto the Spanish vessel in order that she can be boarded and taken as a prize
(P) Captain Montague Lind
Tribute to Sgt Ray Shaw, RAAF by Ivan Berryman. (GS) SQN145 Famed for his night timeB0483GS. 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