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Edwin Swale
Wing Commander Edwin Swale DFC & Bar, OBE (28 June 1899 - 19 July 1978) was a World War I flying ace credited with 17 aerial victories. His victory list is notable because he scored 14 of his 17 wins〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/swale.php Retrieved 5 January 2010.〕 against the premier German fighter of the war, the Fokker D.VII.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aircraft/germany/fokker_dvii.php Retrieved 5 January 2010.〕 He was the leading Sopwith Camel ace for 210 Squadron.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=7Ke_Z2Dpea0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=camel+aces&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=1#v=onepage&q=swale&f=false Retrieved 5 January 2010.〕 ==World War I service== Edwin Swale joined the Royal Naval Air Service in August 1917, and was commissioned a temporary flight sub-lieutenant on 30 November. He joined No. 10 Naval Squadron (soon to become No. 210 Squadron RAF) on 21 March 1918.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=7Ke_Z2Dpea0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=camel+aces&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=1#v=onepage&q=swale&f=false Retrieved 5 January 2010.〕 His string of victories began on 30 May 1918 when he shot down a Pfalz D.III. He became a balloon buster on 5 June, when he destroyed an enemy observation balloon. His destruction of an Albatros D.V on 17 June was his last over a non-Fokker D.VII foe. Beginning on 20 July and extending to 8 October, he destroyed nine D.VIIs and drove five others down out of control. Swale flew any one of six different Sopwith Camels in these combats on the Western Front.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/swale.php Retrieved 5 January 2010.〕 On 5 September 1918, Swale was promoted to the temporary rank of captain in the Royal Air Force; he had previously been appointed as the A Flight Commander during his term of combat service. He was subsequently sent for a rest on 21 October 1918.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=7Ke_Z2Dpea0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=camel+aces&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=1#v=onepage&q=swale&f=false Retrieved 5 January 2010.〕 He was transferred to the unemployed list on 5 February 1919.
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