1,500 feet and attacked a "Rocket" battery, silencing one of its guns." By December 1915, Long was back in England, serving as an instructor, based in Erdington. Aerial victories Long was appointed a flight commander with the rank of temporary captain on 1 February 1916. It was almost six months before Long had his first aerial win, using one of No. 29 Squadron's DH.2s to drive a Fokker Eindekker down out of control on 6 August 1916. Three months later, on 16 November, flying a DH.2 for No. 24 Squadron, he captured a Roland C.II at Beaulencourt. There followed a string of four victories in December; on the 11th, teamed with Eric Pashley, Chester Stairs Duffus and another pilot, he destroyed an Albatros D.I; on the 20th, he and Kelvin Crawford set an Albatros D.II aflame; the 26th and 27th saw "out of control" victories. On 25 January 1917, Long torched an LVG two-seater from FA(A) 216; its crew, Leutnants Gunter Kallenbach and Ernst Erdmann, leapt to their deaths. Two days later, the two-seater falling before Long's guns belonged to FA(A) 233, and the men killed were Vizefeldwebel Willy Lang and Leutnant Kurt Brandt. Long scored once more, on 6 March 1917. Six days later, Long was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. His citation read: Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Selden Herbert Long, MC, Durham Light Infantry and Royal Flying Corps. For great skill and daring in piloting his machine. He shot down an enemy machine, which fell in our lines, and the same day he forced another hostile machine to land in the enemy's lines. Later, he shot down another enemy machine, which fell in our lines. He was also mentioned in dispatches five times. Long returned to England as a squadron commander in early 1917, but took a demotion to return to combat duty as a flight commander on 5 July. He later rose to acting command of that squadron, No. 46 Squadron RFC, in August. On 15 September 1917, Long was appointed an acting-major. He had a short posting with a training squadron, No. 28 Squadron RFC. Then he was transferred to the Middle East to command No. 111 Squadron RFC. Post First World War After the war's end, Long stayed in to fly Sopwith Pups in No. 46 Squadron. He then moved on to command No. 111 Squadron in the Middle East. On 31 July 1919, Long resigned