Cecil H Scott

Military
media-25246.jpeg UPL 25246 Three crew members of the Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtress "Memphis Belle": S/Sgt. Cecil H. Scott, RFD No. 3, Altoona, Pa., ball turret gunner; S/Sgt. Casimer A Nastal, 4936-28th St., Detroit, waist gunner; and S/Sgt. Clarence E. Winchell, 846 Forest Ave Oak Park IL. Waist gunner.

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Object Number - UPL 25246 - Three crew members of the Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtress "Memphis Belle": S/Sgt. Cecil H. Scott, RFD No. 3, Altoona, Pa., ball turret gunner; S/Sgt....

Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Ball turret gunner on B-17 41-24485 'Memphis Belle'.



Native of Pennsylvania, he worked for a rubber company until the outbreak of WWII, when he enlisted with the USAAC and was assigned as the ball turret gunner on the 'Belle'. The 'Belle' and her crew would ultimately become the first to fly all of it's required twenty-five missions in the European theater and were sent back to the United States for a war bond tour with their aircraft. The crew completed it's 25 missions on 17-May-43. The planes last mission was flown on 19-May-43.



Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), WWII Victory, EAME.



Post war: Took a job with the Ford Motor Company, which he held for thirty years.

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

Lieutenant-General Jacob L. Devers adresses a bomber crew of the 91st Bomb Group in front of their B-17 Flying Fortress (DF-A, serial number 41-24485) nicknamed "Memphis Belle". Passed for publication 10 Jun 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Not For Publication Before 00.30 June 10th. Flying Fortress Returns To U.S.A. After 25 Operations. June 1943. At an 8th Army Air Station somewhere in England, Lt.-Gen. Jacob L. Devers, and Major-General Ira. C. Eaker, bidded fare-well to the Flying Fortress "Memphis
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Memphis Belle
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 324th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Breezewood, PA, USA 18 March 1916 Son of Ross M and Tena [Harman] Scott.

Enlisted

Harrisburg, PA, USA 12 January 1942 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Died

Iselin, Woodbridge Township, NJ, USA 6 July 1979

Based

Bassingbourn 17 April 1943 Assigned to 324BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

War bond tour

United States Sent back to the United States for a war bond tour with the 'Belle'.

Born

Blair County, PA, USA

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