John F Scott

Military
media-43629.jpeg UPL 43629 1LT John Francis Scott
C0-Pilot
George C. Montgomery Crew
388th BG - 560th BS

Corrected Unit

Object Number - UPL 43629 - 1LT John Francis Scott C0-Pilot George C. Montgomery Crew 388th BG - 560th BS

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

George Clifford Montgomery

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-747464
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30195

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Blind Date
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
Ground personnel of the 388th Bomb Group with their Cletrac and a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30851) nicknamed "Little Boy Blue". Image via B Cook. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17F-125-BO "Little Boy Blue" 560th BS, 388th BG, s/n 42-30851. Lost in mid-air 7-19-44.'

42-30851

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Boy Blue
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

42-31393

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron

42-32004

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 560th Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-37818) nicknamed "Pub Pete" of the 390th Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '390 BG.'

42-37818

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Pub Pete aka Dinah Mite
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

New York, New York 4 September 1919

Enlisted

San Antonio, TX 15 January 1942

Other

388th BG Combat Tour

Knettishall Airfield 20 March 1944 - 17 July 1944

Died

Roanoke, TX 22 January 2001

Buried

Dallas, TX 26 January 2001 Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA Add to Map Plot Section 10 Site 469

Other

Post War Career

New York, NY Flew as a pilot on Trans-Atlantic flights with American Overseas Airlines, flying DC-4's. Some of the aircraft he flew included: NC90912 NC90906 NC90925 NC90926 NC90907 Mainly flying the London-New York route, he also has entries from Shannon, Ireland and Gander, Newfoundland

Revisions

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Sources

http://www.388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-SCO02-…

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Sources

http://www.388bg.com/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-SCO02-…
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8939&h=1032289…
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/10900848/person/-56038…

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html

John F Scott: Gallery (3 items)

Object number: UPL 43629 - 1LT John Francis Scott C0-Pilot George C...

Object number: UPL 43630 - 1LT John F. Scott - Co-Pilot (L) 2LT Lawrence L...

Object number: UPL 43656 - L to R: John F. Scott (CP), Lawrence Barrell (N)...