Shaw Air Force Base named for Sumter pilot

Posted 7/8/18

Reflections remembers Lt. Ervin D. Shaw, who was killed on July 9, 1918, during World War I. He and his gunman were on a mission to locate troops, guns and equipment behind German lines. His plane was attacked by three enemy scout planes and shot …

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