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Lieutenant David John Weston (born 14 November 1898, date of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with thirteen aerial victories. All of his wins were over enemy fighter planes.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/weston.php Retrieved 10 March 2010.〕 Weston was commissioned 12 August 1917.〔(''Supplement to the London Gazette'', 5 September 1917) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30270/supplements/9230 Retrieved on 2 October 2010.〕 He joined 20 Squadron at about the same time, late 1917. Weston scored his victories with either one of two observer aces—Walter Noble or Ernest Deighton—manning the guns in the rear seat. Weston and Noble scored a double victory on 25 January 1918 to begin both their victory rolls. Weston later scored triple victories on 19 May 1918, with Deighton, and 30 June, again with Noble; his last triumph was on 2 July, when he destroyed a Fokker D.VII over the Gheluvelt-Menen Road. His final tally was seven enemy fighter planes destroyed, and six driven down out of control. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions, which was gazetted 3 August 1918. ==Honors and awards== Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) Lt. David John Weston. A bold and skilful airman, who has accounted for six enemy machines. He has been generally engaged against superior numbers and always with success.〔(''Supplement to the London Gazette'', 3 August 1918) (http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30827/supplements/9204 Retrieved on 2 October 2010.〕 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「David John Weston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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