Date of birth:

1918

Date of death:

September 17th, 1943

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Cemetery Catania
Plot: I. Row: A. Grave: 43.

Service number:

43981

Nationality:

British

After two years at University College, Notting ham, where he obtained a Textile Diploma and Guilds (Textiles) Award, he joined his
father's firm, Lyle & Scott, Ltd., Hosiery Manufacturers, Hawick. He was granted a T.A. commission in the K.O.S.B. in I938 but transferred to the R.A.F.V.R. in I940 as Pilot Officer and was subsequently promoted Flight Lieutenant and Squadron Leader.
He was wounded and awarded the D.F.C. for his share in the raid on Dieppe in August I942 and was killed in air operations near Catania in Sicily on I7th September 1943, while serving with No. 114 Squadron.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Acting Flight Lieutenant

Unit:

No. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

September 22nd, 1942

Awarded for:

Operation Jubilee

Citation:
"On August 19tn. 1942, Fit. Lt. Scott was the pilot of the leading aircraft of a section of three aircraft detailed to lay a smoke-screen at Dieppe. When nearing the target area, his aircraft was hit by shell-fire from an armed ship. The windscreen was shattered and the instrument panel and compass destroyed. Fit. Lt. Scott was wounded in the right leg and right arm; his right jaw was also severely lacerated. He tried to tell his formation to continue to the target but was unable to do so; consequently he led them on and then back to the English coast. On arrival there, he prepared to make an emergency landing. The starboard engine was losing power, but although unable to lower the undercarriage or flaps, or to jettison his bombs, he made a successful landing. Unfortunately, the bombs exploded and the aircraft caught fire. In spite of his injuries, Fit. Lt. Scott extricated his observer, who was unconscious, fend escaped himself by rolling down the burning wing."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• - London Gazette
  - The-Edinburgh-Academy-War-Service-Record-1939-1945
  - Flight Magazine, October 22nd, 1942
  

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