branch death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards birth_date rank article_title name
aviation unknown wandsworth , london , england england no. 20 squadron raf distinguished flying cross 14 november 1898 lieutenant david john weston
 david john weston
david john weston

lieutenant david john weston -lrb- born 14 november 1898 , date of death unknown -rrb- was a world war i flying ace credited with thirteen aerial victories .
all of his wins were over enemy fighter planes .
weston was commissioned 12 august 1917 .
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 .
