CREW MEMBER PROFILE |
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Surname: |
SCOTT |
First Name/s: |
Frederick Roy |
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Service No/s: |
413903 |
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RAAF |
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Pilot |
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Awards: |
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SERVICE RECORDS |
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Event |
Aircraft Flown |
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19 May 1941 |
Applied for Air Crew, No. 3 Recruiting Centre (RC), Sydney. |
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09 Jun 1941 |
Enrolled in the Reserve, No. 2 Recruiting Centre (RC), Sydney |
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13 Sep 1941 |
Enlisted No. 2 Recruiting Centre (RC), Sydney as AC2, aged 22 |
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13 Sep 1941 |
No. 1 Initial Training School (ITS), RAAF Somers, VIC; 20(P) Course. |
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06 Dec 1941 |
Promoted LAC. |
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11 Dec 1941 |
No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS), Narromine, NSW; 20 Course. |
Tiger Moth |
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22 Feb 1942 |
No. 2 Embarkation Depot (ED), Bradfield Park, NSW. |
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05 Mar 1942 |
No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS), Narromine, NSW. |
Tiger Moth |
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04 Apr 1942 |
No. 1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) Point Cook, VIC. |
Pilatus TBC |
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27 May 1942 |
Awarded Flying Badge & promoted Sgt. |
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18 Sep 1942 |
No. 2 Embarkation Depot (ED), Bradfield Park, NSW. |
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17 Oct 1942 |
Embarked Sydney |
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16 Dec 1942 |
No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre (PRC), Bournemouth. |
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12 Feb 1943 |
No. 11 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit [(P) (AFU) Condover Salop (Shropshire). |
Oxford |
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17 Mar 1943 |
Promoted Flight Sgt. |
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17 Mar 1943 |
Attached to No. 1521 Beam Approach Training (BAT) Flight, Wymeswold, Leics until 24 March. |
Oxford |
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13 Apr 1943 |
No. 21 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos. |
Wellington |
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12 Jun 1943 |
No. 311 Ferry Training Unit (FTU), Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos. |
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03 Jul 1943 |
No. 3 Overseas Aircraft Dispatch Unit, Hurn, Dorset. |
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04 Jul 1943 |
No. 6 Embarkation Depot (ED), Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. |
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04 Jul 1943 |
Embarked UK (port & vessel n/k). |
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11 Jul 1943 |
Disembarked Cairo, Egypt |
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11 Jul 1943 |
No. 22 Personnel Transit Centre (PTC), Almaza |
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03 Aug 1943 |
Embarked Egypt for the UK (port & vessel n/k); date TBC. |
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10 Aug 1943 |
Disembarked UK (Liverpool?). |
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10 Aug 1943 |
No. 1 Personnel Dispatch Centre (PDC), West Kirby, Cheshire. |
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25 Aug 1943 |
No. 27 Operational Training Unit (OTU), Lichfield, Staffs. |
Wellington |
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16 Sep 1943 |
No. 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU), Blyton, Lincolnshire |
Halifax |
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02 Dec 1943 |
No. 576 Squadron, ‘A’ Flight, Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Lancaster |
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16 Dec 1943 |
Lost in collision with JB670 of No. 103 Squadron in LM332 UL-B2 (Berlin) at Elsham Wolds, aged 24. |
Lancaster |
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576 Squadron FLYING RECORDS |
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Date |
Aircraft |
Code |
Flight Details |
T/O |
Land |
Flt Time |
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16 Dec 1943 |
LM332 |
UL-B2 |
BERLIN |
1655 |
FTR |
n/k |
P1 Flt Sgt F.R. Scott RAAF |
NOTES: |
Target: Built-up Area Load: 1x 4,000lb 'Cookie', 56x 30lb and 1122x 4lb incendiaries There was plenty of low cloud over Elsham Wolds, but not sufficiently bad to prevent the aircraft from 576 and 103 Squadrons taking off for the mission to Berlin. During the briefing, crews were cautioned about the weather conditions and were instructed that after take-off they should maintain the prescribed climb-out procedures until reaching the prescribed height and then turn towards the North Sea on the briefed route to the target. It was stressed that crews should not deviate from these instructions in any way. At 1637, the crew of Flt Sgt Richter, comprising a scratch crew of 103 and 576 Squadron crews. Shortly afterwards, at 1656, the Scott crew took off for what was to be their first operation. What follows next is largely conjecture. It seems that as Richter's aircraft was climbing out, Scott's aircraft suddenly appeared out of the cloud and flying directly towards them. The collision was inevitable and the two Lancasters crashed head-on. The collision occurred over the village of Ulceby and the wreckage from both aircraft was spread over a wide area. There were no survivors. In 2000, a plaque was erected at the Ulceby War Memorial to commemorate both crews. The 103 Squadron aircraft's crew were: Pilot Flt Sgt V Richter Flight Engineer Sgt F S Copping Air Bomber Fg Off C R Jacques, 576 Squadron Navigator Sgt C W Plampton Wireless Operator Flt Sgt T L H Kay, RAAF Mid-Upper Gunner Sgt P Coopman Rear Gunner Sgt F A Furrie, 576 Squadron |
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