(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class Robert W. Shaw (NSN: 2689681), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Aircrewman of a Patrol Bomber in Patrol Bombing Squadron TWENTY-SEVEN (VPB-27), Fleet Air Wing 1, over Okinawa, the Yellow Sea and China coast from 29 March 1945 to 21 June 1945.