Kenneth J Scott Jr

Military
media-18390.jpeg UPL 18390 376th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group in the Pilots' Room, Little Walden. Nov. 1944. Left to right from rear: William Butler, Allen Chalmers, David Overholt, Robert Ward, Robert Volkman, George Vanden Heuvel, Victor Petrone, Walter Kozicki, James Smith, Jay Ruch, Clarence Sullivan, Strother MacMinn, Robert Myers, Kenneth Scott, William Young, John Duncan (Acting CO), Howard Lane, Will Butts, Delmar Ford, Francis Murray, Bernie Bell, Derald Hatcher, William Brock, Victor Bocquin, Herbert Spencer, Raymond Schrup, Harold Mitchell, Claude Hanley, James Coe, Roy Webb, Edmund Gaillot, Warren Clark, Lewis Chadwick, Duane Grounds, William Beyer, William Sykes, Norman Smith, Donald Woodward, Claire Chennault, John Bricker, Francis Davison, Robert Hobbs and Harry Chapman.
Museum object reference no. BAM_0353 Bottisham Airfield Museum

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Object Number - UPL 18390 - 376th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group in the Pilots' Room, Little Walden. Nov. 1944. Left to right from rear: William Butler, Allen Chalmers,...

Arrived in UK August 44, assigned to 361st and flew 62 missions, primarily bomber escort and fighter sweeps. Shot down 3 EA: 1 Me-109, 1 FW-190; 1 Me-262 jet. At end of war in ETO volunteered to go with 361st to Pacific. War ended while training for Pacific combat. Returned to US October 1945. Remained in Air Force flying jet fighters from 1946 to retirment in 1971. Assigned to 12th Tactical Recon March Field 1947-49; 81st Fighter Wing, 91st Squadron 1949-54 at Larson AFB and Bentwaters, England; 331st Fighter Squadron 1954-58; advisor to Spanish Air Force 1962-65 as F104 Project Officer and Air Defense Advisor. Retired after 6 years at Aerospace Command HQ as Lieutenant Colonel.



DFC/ AM w/ 6 Oak Leaf Cluster/ EAME w/ 4 stars/ American Theater/ Cold War AF Commendation/ Joint Service Commendation/Legion Of Merit/ Spanish White Cross



3 kills

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Units served with

Aircraft

44-13872

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron
Two P-51 Mustangs, (E9-V, serial number 44-14600) and (E9-B, serial number 43-25044, "War Weary") of the 361st Fighter Group, fly together.

44-14600

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Curiosity Betty II
  • Unit: 361st Fighter Group 376th Fighter Squadron

Events

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Born

Sylvania, Georgia 9 January 1920

Died

5 August 2019

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8th AF NEWS - December 2019 'TAPS'

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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Object number: UPL 18390 - 376th Fighter Squadron, 361st Fighter Group in the...