Winter Homecoming
The leadership qualities and grim determination of Squadron Leader J R Baldwin was seldom better demonstrated that when he led a small flight of Hawker Typhoons against a force of some thirty Focke-Wulf Fw
and is about to begin her journey across the Solent to Portsmouth in the summer of 1968
Turnberry Golf Course by Fraser Shaw (P) Original painting by Fraser Shaw
Screw-ups within the Army and a lack of manufacturing equipment delayed the start of production until 1943
Tribute to Sgt Ray Shaw, RAAF by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SPE6 Winter HomecomingB0483AP. 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