SCOTT, Ian Macdonald
| Service Numbers: | 417123, 427123 |
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| 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 14551A https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32379354/ian-macdonald-scott |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, St Peters Heroes War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417123, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Archibald William and Kate Scott, of St. Peters, South Australia.
HE DIED, AS HE LIVED, BRAVELY
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Flight Sergeant Ian Macdonald Scott (Service No:417123) enlisted in the RAAF on 6 December 1941 at No 5 Recruiting Centre Adelaide as an Aircraftman II. Promoted to Flight Sergeant, he was attached to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) from 29 July 1942 - 24 January 1943, and the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 25 January 1943. Flight Sergeant (Pilot) Scott was attached to 97 Squadron when he completed a succesful Air Operation bombing over Berlin on 17 December 1943. On return from the mission, the Lancaster aircraft JB117 he was Piloting was diverted due to bad weather, and crashed near Gravely Airfield in Huntingdonshire. All crew members were killed (RAAFA).
Ian was born in Burra, South Australia in 1923, second of three children (and only son) of Archibald (Archie) William Scott (b1896 in Kensington, South Australia) and Kate Williams (b1894 in Kadina, South Australia). Archie was a Boundary Rider in 1914 before serving in the AIF and, following his Discharge, he and Kate married in 1920 in Black Rock. They were amongst the earliest settlers at the Springbank Estate in Keswick, where they raised their family and Archie was a Farmer until his death in 1930.
Ian commenced an Apprenticeship with SA Railway Workshops as a Fitter on leaving school in 1939, and attended Islington Technical College as part of his Apprenticeship. He was twenty years of age when he died.
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