Arthur M Scott | American Air Museum

Arthur M Scott

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

KIA. Taken prisoner and jailed. Two days after capture he was led to a shooting range and killed. The Nazi party officials responsible were tried at Dachau in March 1947 and received death and life sentences which were however commuted. None of them served his prison sentence longer than until May 1955.

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Units served with

A B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-78458) of the 454th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force.

454th Bomb Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

738th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-52228

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Hairless Joe
Unit: 454th Bomb Group 738th Bomb Squadron

Missions

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 351st Bomb Group, including (RQ-P, serial number 42-97193) and (serial number 43-37920) fly through flak bursts during a mission. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Thoison '557' took pic 20/7/44. Star Duster DS-L MIA 6/8/44.'

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Date: 20 July 1944

Places

Ailingen

Site type: Aircraft crash site

San Giovanni

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Died	Ailingen, 88048 Friedrichshafen, Deutschland	22 July 1944	Killed while Prisoner of War by Nazi party officials.

Revisions

Date21 Dec 2017 10:04:36

ContributorKauko56

Sources

Review and Recommendations paper US trial 12-931

Date21 Dec 2017 10:00:24

ContributorKauko56

Sources

MACR 6971, "Review and Recommendations" paper 12-931, Elisabeth Yavnai, Military Justice (PhDiss)