Ronald Shaw

Ronald Francis Shaw (28 November 19209 August 1945) was a Royal Air Force corporal who was captured by the Japanese during World War II, and was killed by the atomic bombing of Nagasaki while in Japanese captivity.

Shaw was from Edmonton, London, and served as an engine fitter in the Royal Air Force. He initially served in Egypt before being transferred to the Far East. His plane took off from Java to fly to Sumatra; however, it turned back and then crashed roughly 16 miles south-east from Lahat, where he was assisted by Chinese civilians. Shaw sent a note to the Officer-in-charge which stated "plane got out of control and crashed". Shaw survived and was taken to Kyushu, and then in August 1945 worked in a Nagasaki shipyard.

Shaw was the first prisoner of war to be listed at the Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims and the second non-Japanese (the first being a Chinese civilian).