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Robert Lee Scott Jr.

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in 1944, a collection of World War II yarns. One story was that of a pilot named Corn Sherrill who, after the fall of the Philippines in 1941, escaped to the island of Mindanao where he flew a rebuilt P-40 aircraft against the Japanese until he was shot down over China by members of the Flying
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Wanting to be on the frontline in flying combat, within a month, he was assigned as executive and operations officer of the Assam-Burma-China (Ferry) Command. This was the forerunner of the famous
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in January 1945 as "Ghost Ship." However, Scott himself admitted he and another pilot had made up the tale as a joke; despite this, it still occasionally turns up as a true story.
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He returned to China in 1944 to fly fighter aircraft equipped with experimental rockets directed against Japanese supply locomotives in eastern China. He was transferred to
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Letter of appreciation to Lt. Col. Richard High Squadron Commander of the 310th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, after a flight in an F-16C on 19 July 1984.
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in 1954 and was assigned as Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans at Headquarters U.S. Air Force, and then to the position of Director of Information under the
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to supply the Kuomintang government. When the commanding officer left for China on 17 June, Scott was assigned command of the operation for several days.
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Scott retired from the United States Air Force as a brigadier general on 30 September 1957, and remained in Arizona until the 1980s. He lived in
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Inscription and photo on the back cover of the God is My Co-Pilot and a photo of Bob Scott in his P-40 after his 11, 12, and 13 kills.
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Scott was required to pass the standard Air Force pilot physical before making the jet flights. (quoted in history.net interview)
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Scott continued to be active well into his retirement. In 1980, he gained national attention by hiking the length of the
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Interview with Retired Brig. General Robert L. Scott – American World War II Ace Pilot and Hero by Jamie H. Cockfield
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Scott died on February 28, 2006, at Warner Robins, Georgia; he was buried with full military honors at
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to direct the same type of strikes against enemy shipping as the war ended. Besides his book
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Scott flew 388 combat missions in 925 hours from July 1942 to October 1943, shooting down 13
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Scott was ordered back to the U.S. in October 1943 to become deputy for operations at the
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In 1984, after passing a flight physical at Luke Air Force Base, Scott was taken up in a
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and other stations until 1947, when he was given command of the Jet Fighter School at
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Double Ace: The Life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., Pilot, Hero, and Teller of Tall Tales
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Inscription on the inside cover of God is My Co-Pilot to Lt. Col. Richard High.
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Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts
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Boring a Hole in the Sky: Six Million Miles with a Fighter Pilot
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Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
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Still anxious to get into combat and wishing to learn the
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in China and Burma. The book was adapted as a film of the
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at West Point in 1932, Scott completed pilot training at
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Interview with retired Brigadier-General Robert L. Scott
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For his combat record in World War II, Scott received:
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Burma Is No Paradise, article by Col. Robert Scott,
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Brigadier General Scott after his B-1 flight in 1997
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aircraft, and is noted as one of America's earliest
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20 August 1942, p. 70. Retrieved: 19 November 2011.
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Robert Scott (disambiguation)

Waynesboro, Georgia
Warner Robins, Georgia
Arlington National Cemetery
United States Army Air Corps
United States Army Air Forces
United States Air Force
Brigadier General
23rd Fighter Group
36th Fighter-Bomber Wing
Luke Air Force Base
World War II
Silver Star
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal
Army Commendation Medal
brigadier general
United States Air Force
flying ace
World War II
God is My Co-Pilot
Flying Tigers
United States Army Air Forces
same name
Augusta, Georgia
Eagle Scout
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
Eugene Ely
United States Military Academy

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