Churchill LaSalle Scott Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 32059 - Churchill Scott
Shot down 12 August 1943 over Belgium returning from Bonn raid in B-17 #42-30194 'We Ain't Scared', Killed in Action (KIA). Flying in the tail gunner position for this flight only.
CHIEF OF STAFF. 13TH COMBAT BOMB WING. FLEW COMBAT IN ALL POSITIONS TO BETTER KNOW WHAT EACH CREW MEMBER DID. FINAL MISSION OVER GERMANY AUGUST 12, 1943.
SERVED AS CHIEF OF STAFF TO GENERAL NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST IN LONDON, ENGLAND.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-17962
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Flexible gunnery officer - waist gunner on the 12 August 1943 mission
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 334th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-694184
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: We Ain't Scared
- Unit: 91st Bomb Group 95th Bomb Group 335th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
29 January 1915 | Churchill LaSalle Scott Jr, was the son of Mr and Mrs C. L. Scott Sr. He was married to Mada Sparks and had three daughters, Cherry, April and Madell. | |
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Died |
12 August 1943 | At the time of his death, Lt. Col Scott was chief of staff of the 402 Bombardment Wing (later the 13th Bombardment wing) under Gen Nathan B Forrest. He had been acting commanding general of the wing following Gen Forrest's death. He was killed in serial action over Lommel, Belgium August 12, 1943. | |
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Buried |
Repatriated to Greenleaf Cemetery from the airfield at St-Trond in 1948. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10440871/churchill-lasalle-scott |
Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 253
