Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1945, yayin da yake tare da RAF Pathfinders (No. 582 Squadron), Swales shi ne Babban Bomber kuma kyaftin na Avro Lancaster III PB538. A ranar 23 ga Fabrairu, 1945, ranar da aka ba da lambar yabo ta DFC, Swales ya jagoranci harin bam a kan Pforzheim
, Jamus (ba da nisa da Karlsruhe da Kogin Rhine), inda aka kashe fararen hula 17,600 a cikin mintuna 22.