Winfield Scott

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Arrived in England October 1942 with unit. Participated in North African and Sicilian campaigns. Returned to England in early 1944 after troop carriers were transferred to Ninth AF to participate in D-Day air drops of troops in Normandy and later Nijmegen, Holland. Returned to US in July 1944 for 30 days Rest and Recuperation. Second tour began with Nijmegen air drop, and unknown to him his brother Kenneth Scott Jr. helped provide fighter escort and cover for the mission. He had been in the service 3 years and two months when he was killed at age 22. [C-47 crashed just after dusk in bad weather near Halton RAF station, Buckinghamshire, on a return flight from Brussels. Also killed were 2nd Lt. Charles V. Smith (pilot); 2nd Lt. Robert W. Masling (copilot); and SSergeant David Francis. ]



AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ EAME w/ 7 stars/ PUC

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Born

Sylvania, Georgia 24 October 1922

Died

4 March 1945

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Brother (Kenneth Scott; see) and document / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia