Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 1945, mgbe ya na ndị RAF Pathfinders (No. 582 Squadron), Swales bụ onye isi bọmbụ na onye isi nke Avro Lancaster III PB538. Na February 23, 1945, ụbọchị a mara ọkwa D.F.C. ya, Swales duziri bọmbụ ahụ
mwakpo a wakporo Pforzheim, Germany (nke na-adịghị anya Karlsruhe na Osimiri Rhine), ebe e gburu ndị nkịtị 17,600 na minit 22.