Charlie Brown of the USAAF was flying his first mission as aircraft commander of B-17
the Temeraire lumbered on
John Alexander Cruickshank in his consolidated Catalina
The Mamelukes (translated as one who is owned from Arabic) were an ethnically diverse group of slave-soldiers
Origina watercolour painting by Robert Barbour
Tribute to Sgt Ray Shaw, RAAF by Ivan Berryman. (B) AIT386 Charlie Brown of the USAAFB0483B. 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