# Edwin Hayne

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{{Infobox military person
| name               = Edwin Tufnell Hayne
| honorific_suffix   = DSC DFC
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1895|05|28}}
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1919|04|28|1895|05|28}}
| burial_label       = 
| burial_place       = Saints Mary and Margaret Churchyard, Castle Bromwich
| birth_place        = Johannesburg, [South African Republic](/source/South_African_Republic)
| death_place        = [Castle Bromwich](/source/Castle_Bromwich), [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire)
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| nickname           = 
| allegiance         = South Africa
| branch             = Aviation
| service_years      = 1915 - 1919
| rank               = Captain
| unit               = [No. 3 Squadron RNAS/No. 203 Squadron RAF](/source/No._203_Squadron_RAF)
| commands           = 
| battles            = [World War I](/source/World_War_I)
| awards             = [Distinguished Service Cross](/source/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_Kingdom))<br /> [Distinguished Flying Cross](/source/Distinguished_Flying_Cross_(United_Kingdom))
| relations          = 
| other_work         = 
}}
Captain '''Edwin Tufnell Hayne''' {{post-nominals|DSC|DFC}} was a World War I [flying ace](/source/flying_ace) credited with 15 aerial victories.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/safrica/hayne.php |title=Edwin Tufnell Hayne |website=www.theaerodrome.com |access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref><ref name="ShoresAbove">{{cite book | title=Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920 | publisher=Grub Street | author=Shores, Christopher F. | year=1990 | isbn=0-948817-19-4}}</ref>{{Rp|189}}

==Early life==
Edwin Tufnell Hayne was the son of Emily and Tufnell Hayne. He was born in Johannesburg, South African Republic.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.castlebromwich.net/history.htm |title=Login |website=www.castlebromwich.net |access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref> He attended King Edward VII School, which opened in 1902.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol014pd.html |title=The Record of King Edward VII School |website=samilitaryhistory.org |access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref>

==Accidental death==
Hayne took off from the Castle Bromwich in [Bristol F.2 Fighter](/source/Bristol_F.2_Fighter) serial number F5098 with Major Maurice Perrin in the back seat. The plane's engine died and Hayne tried to turn and land. The plane stalled and fell. Hayne died in the crash; Perrin died later in hospital.<ref>http://www.couplandbell.com/marg/crashes1919-29.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708195050/http://www.couplandbell.com/marg/crashes1919-29.htm |date=8 July 2011 }} Retrieved 17 January 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://peek-01.livejournal.com/tag/rnas |title=The Southern African History Musings of Ross Dix-Peek |website=peek-01.livejournal.com |access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref>

==Honors and awards==
'''Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)'''

(As announced in Supplement to the London Gazette, 30 November 1917.)

In recognition of his services with a wing of the R.N.A.S. at Dunkirk between March and September 1917. He had numerous engagements with enemy aircraft and on 16 August 1917, attacked an enemy aerodrome and placed a whole flight of machines out of action by machine-gun fire. During a flight of over two hours, during which time he attacked transport and railways, he never exceeded a height of 1,000 foot.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol014pd.html |title=The Record of King Edward VII School |website=samilitaryhistory.org |access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref>

'''Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)'''

(As announced in Supplement to the London Gazette, 21 September 1918.)

During the recent enemy offensive, this Officer carried out 48 special missions. Flying at extremely low altitudes he has inflicted heavy casualties on massed troops and transport. In addition, he has accounted for 10 enemy machines, destroying 3 and driving down 7 out of control; in these encounters he has never hesitated to engage the enemy, however superior in numbers. On one occasion he observed 10 hostile aeroplanes harassing 3 Dolphines; he attacked 3 of the enemy, driving one down in flames.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol014pd.html |title=The Record of King Edward VII School |website=samilitaryhistory.org |access-date=17 January 2010}}</ref>

==Sources of information==
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==References==
*''Sopwith Camel Aces of World War 1.'' Norman Franks. Osprey Publishing, 2003. {{ISBN|1-84176-534-1}}, {{ISBN|978-1-84176-534-1}}.

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Category:1895 births
Category:1919 deaths
Category:South African recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
Category:Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)
Category:Military personnel from Johannesburg
Category:South African World War I flying aces
Category:Burials in West Midlands (region)
Category:Alumni of King Edward VII School (Johannesburg)

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