Ian Macdonald SCOTT

SCOTT, Ian Macdonald

    Service Numbers: 417123, 427123
    Enlisted: 6 December 1941, Adelaide
    Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 97 Squadron (RAF)
    Born: Burra, South Australia, 2 July 1923
    Home Town: Stepney, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
    Schooling: Norwood Primary School, Norwood Dist High School, Islington Technical College, South Australia
    Occupation: Apprentice Fitter SA Railway Workshops
    Died: Aircraft lost on return to base due weather along with six others from the same squadron, RAF Gravely, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom, 17 December 1943, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom
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    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    6 Dec 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417123, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide
    7 Dec 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417123, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor, Empire Air Training Scheme
    25 Apr 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 427123, No.1 Elementary Flying Training School Parafield, Empire Air Training Scheme
    13 Sep 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 417123, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme, No. 8 Service Flying Training School Moncton, New Brunswick (Avro Anson)
    29 Dec 1942: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Awarded Flying Badge
    6 Jan 1943: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 417123, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Halifax Canada
    18 Sep 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417123, RAF Conversion Units , Empire Air Training Scheme, No. 1656 Conversion Unit
    14 Nov 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417123, No. 97 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, RAF Bourn Huntingdonshire
    17 Dec 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417123, No. 97 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Killed in Action - returning from a raid on Berlin -aircraft lost in bad weather along with 6 other a/c from No. 97 Squadron. All seven crew killed.

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Archibald William and Kate Scott, of St. Peters, South Australia.

    HE DIED, AS HE LIVED, BRAVELY

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