Award BEM 1064881 Sgt. Walter George SHAW, RAFVR

brithm · Jan 22, 2022

Award British Empire Medal Sgt. Walter George Shaw, RAFVR (1064881)

1064881 Sergeant Walter George SHAW, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 816092 Corporal George Herbert EDGAR, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. On 2nd April, 1945, a Typhoon aircraft developed engine trouble and the pilot was approaching the runway in an attempt to make a forced landing. The aircraft (with a 500 Ib. incendiary bomb attached to each mainplane and with the air intake on fire) crashed into a clearing of felled trees and immediately caught fire, burning rapidly. Sergeant Shaw and Corporal Edgar were working about 150 yards from the accident and, although realising the possibility of the bombs exploding, they ran. to the scene of the accident. By this time the 20 m.m. cannon shells were exploding in all directions but, undaunted, they extricated the pilot who was in a dazed condition and incapable of coherent thought or action. The pilot then had to be carried over the felled trees to safety, whilst there was the possibility of the bombs exploding at any minute. This difficult feat was successfully accomplished. The quick action, coolness and gallantry of Sergeant Shaw and Corporal Edgar undoubtedly saved the pilot's life
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Leicester Evening Mail 12 October 1945

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