Robert Scott
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* 12th April 1908 + 27th February 2006 US fighter pilot, after World War II began, he joined Task Force Aquila in February 1942 to fly a group of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers to the China Burma India Theater. Later he became a member of Flying Tigers, flying as a single ship escort for the transports, and flying ground attack missions with P-40. In July 1942 he was named commander of the newly formed 23rd Fighter Group. Robert L. Scott flew 388 combat missions in 925 hours from July 1942 to October 1943. |
| Brigadier General R.L. Scott, fighter ace and a member of Flying Tigers, shot down 13 Japanese aircraft and became one of America's earliest fighter aces of the war. |