but the slow advance of the British Infantry to take advantage of the heavy brigades success had given the Russian forces time to take away Artillery pieces from captured redoubts
but these two heroes were to become close friends after the war
the type finally being retired in September 2013
Signed by Flt Lt Russell Rusty Waughman DFC AFC
Zouave company of the Irish Brigade 1861
Tribute to Sgt Ray Shaw, RAAF by Ivan Berryman. AIT171 but the slow advance ofB0483. 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