William Scott
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 56534 - 2nd Lt William Scott draft registration card.
Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY to 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 1-Au-43 in B-24 42-40995 'Satans Hellcats'; A/C set afire and crashed after target. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2416/3147
2Lt Scott along with 1Lt Girard remain unrecovered as yet.
Awards: DFC, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-727991
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satan's Hell Cats
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Pathway
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Clifton, New Jersey | 13 June 1922 | Son of William H. and Cornelia Scott. |
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Enlisted |
Newark, NJ | 13 March 1942 | Newark, New Jersey |
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Died |
Ploesti, Romania | 1 August 1943 | |
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Buried |
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Italy | |
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Based |
Shipdham | 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Draft registration card |
Maxwell AAF, Montgomery, AL | Aviation cadet, Maxwell AAF, Montgomery, Alabama |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3147
