Heavy tank Battalion 502
Gruppenkommander III/JG26 Schlageter
the young ace scored a total of 48 confirmed victories before being brought down by Lieutenant Rhys Davids on the very day that he was due to go on leave
Mitchell assembled 28 American squadrons
the No 6 Sqn aircraft in which he shot down two enemy planes on 25th July
Tribute to Sgt Ray Shaw, RAAF by Ivan Berryman. (APB) WAR50 Heavy tank Battalion 502B0483APB. 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