in London in July 2004, at which time the medals and model were sold to a UK collector. A medal collector and D.H.S. Old Boy tracked down the buyer and convinced him to sell his recent acquisitions to the school. After four months of negotiations, the medals and model were delivered to their new home at DHS, where they were first displayed on Armistice Day, 11 November 2004. The silver model Lancaster was one of only ten such models which were commissioned by the aircraft's manufacturers, Messrs A.V. Roe & Co. and by Rolls-Royce (suppliers of the Lancaster engines) and presented to the ten Victoria Cross winners (or their families) who flew Lancasters in the Second World War. On the base stand of the model is a silver plaque inscribed: "A Tribute from the Directors of A.V. Roe & Company and Rolls-Royce Limited. To the Memory of Captain Edwin Swales," V.C., D.F.C., S.A.A.F., who was Awarded the Victoria Cross for his great Gallantry and Self-Sacrifice during Operations Against the Enemy on 23 February 1945". References Notes Bibliography Uys, Ian For Valour - S.A. V.C. Heroes, Johannesburg, 1973 External links Leopoldsburg War Cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Bomber Command History, Royal Air Force Commonwealth War Graves Commission See also Bombing of Cologne in World War II Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II 1915 births 1945 deaths People from Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal People from Natal White South African people South African people of British descent South African recipients of the Victoria Cross South African World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross South African Army personnel South African Air Force officers South African World War II pilots South African military personnel killed in World War II Aviators killed by being shot down Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) Bomber pilots