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SCOTT, Austin Bruce - Date of
birth
14 March 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Huntington, Huntington County, Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35385349 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Ball Turret Gunner -
Unit
336th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
13 June 1943 - Place of
death
Baltic Sea, off the coast of Kiel, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Austin B. Scott (father)
Dorothy N. Scott (wife)
Sandra S. Wilson (daugther)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-29680 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Battlin B
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 2751
More information
Statement from Capt David E. Olsson, Assistant Operations Officer:"B-17F 42-29680, piloted by 1st Lt Joseph L. Nunes on 13 June 1943, was last seen between 54 ° to 55° N and 08° to 10° E. The aircraft was never seen in trouble or leaving the formation. On this mission, a great deal of enemy opposition was encountered (over 100 enemy aircraft), causing 10 aircraft of this unit to be lost. Understandably, the crews returned unable to give any information concerning this missing aircraft."
The entire crew of ten men was killed. The remains of seven were never recovered and are remembered on the Walls of the Missing at Margraten. One is buried at Ardennes Cemetery, and two are buried in the U.S.A.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, WII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Arie-Jan van Hees, Sandra Wilson