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Captain Roby Lewis Manuel was an Australian flying ace credited with 12 official aerial victories. ==World War I== Manuel enlisted in the 43rd Battalion, AIF on 5 April 1916. He swore that he was a natural born British citizen, that he worked as a farmer, and that his uncle, Frederick George Jones, was his next of kin. Manuel claimed a year's prior militia experience.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/australi/attestation/manuel2.php Retrieved 1 February 2011.〕 He transferred to the Australian Flying Corps on 30 April 1917. He was posted to 2 Squadron AFC in France as a Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a pilot on 6 February 1918. He scored his first aerial victory on 2 April 1918, in company with Captain Henry Garnet Forrest; they destroyed a German two-seater reconnaissance machine over Demuin. Two months later, on 2 June, he destroyed two Pfalz D.III fighter planes, then drove down a third one out of control within the half hour. Ten days later, on 12 June 1918, he became an ace by setting another Pfalz D.III afire north of Bussy.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/australi/manuel2.php Retrieved 4 February 2011.〕 His exploits earned him the award of a Distinguished Flying Cross on 2 July 1918.〔(''Supplement to the London Gazette'', 2 July 1918) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30775/supplements/7746 Retrieved 1 February 2011.〕 Manuel was then promoted to captain as he was appointed a Flight Commander.〔Hunt, p. 49.〕 He switched airplanes. He had scored his first five wins in serial number B184; he would use number C1948 for his final seven victories. He began on 22 July 1918, driving down a Pfalz D.III and a Fokker D.VII, both out of control. On the 31st, he drove down an Albatros D.V. The destruction of a Fokker D.VII on an evening patrol on 14 August 1918 brought Manuel's total to nine wins.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/australi/manuel2.php Retrieved 4 February 2011.〕 On 16 September, Manuel claimed two more Fokker D.VIIs in two separate dogfights. When the second Fokker went down near Droglandt, France, Manuel landed nearby. Unable to aid the German pilot he had wounded, Manuel could only watch him die, then help bury the dead German.〔Hunt, p. 49.〕 This action won the doughty Australian a Bar for his DFC in lieu of a second award of the medal.〔(''Supplement to the London Gazette'', 3 December 1918) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31046/supplements/14317 Retrieved 1 February 2011.〕 British military intelligence later exhumed this German pilot's body to examine the parachute he was wearing.〔http://www.southsearepublic.org/2002_1999/afc_aces_manuel.htm Retrieved 1 February 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Roby Lewis Manuel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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