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| Name: |
William Keith "Pete" Swayze |
| Country: |
Canada |
| Rank: |
Lieutenant |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force |
| Units: |
62 |
| Victories: |
6 |
| Born: |
16 December 1898 |
| Place of Birth: |
Ontario, Canada |
| Died: |
26 February 1920 |
| Place of Death: |
Lindsay, Ontario, Canada |
| Cemetery: |
Riverside Cemetery, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada |
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William Keith Swayze, the son of William Davis and Margaret E. (Stevenson) Swayze, was a Bristol Fighter pilot with 62 Squadron. He and his observers scored six victories in the spring and summer of 1918. He was captured by the Germans on 4 September 1918 when his aircraft developed engine problems and he was forced down behind enemy lines by a member of Jasta 58. Repatriated at the end of the war, he arrived in Toronto on 11 February 1920 but died at home in Lindsay, Ontario two weeks later, a victim of Bright's disease. He was 21 years old.
Living in Dunnville, Ontario in 1901. Listed on the roll of honour located in the Great Library at Osgoode Hall in Toronto. |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
22 May 1918 |
0800 |
62 |
Bristol F.2b (C4633) 1 |
LVG C (DES) |
2 mi NW of Merville |
| 2 |
09 Jun 1918 |
1040 |
62 |
Bristol F.2b (B1238) 2 |
Pfalz D.III (DESF) |
NW of Cambrai |
| 3 |
09 Jun 1918 |
1040 |
62 |
Bristol F.2b (B1238) 2 |
Pfalz D.III (DESF) |
NW of Cambrai |
| 4 |
03 Aug 1918 |
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62 |
Bristol F.2b 3 |
EA (OOC) |
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| 5 |
12 Aug 1918 |
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62 |
Bristol F.2b 3 |
EA (OOC) |
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| 6 |
12 Aug 1918 |
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62 |
Bristol F.2b |
EA (OOC) |
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| 1 |
Observer 2Lt Thomas Elliott |
| 2 |
Observer 2Lt E M Nicholas |
| 3 |
Observer 2Lt W E Hall |
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