LIEUTENANT (A) John Philip SCOTT DSC RNVR
Died March 2011 aged 94
Pilot 785, 755, 700,701, 836.
Under HMS Grebe.
London Gazette 20 November 1945 – New Year Honours List 1944. T LIEUTENANT (A) John Philip Scott awarded DSC.
From Ray STURTIVANT’s books:
SUPERMARINE WALRUS L2298.
700 (Med) NAS Dekhalia/Aboukir. Taxying in heavy swell, slewed to port, wingtip float carried away.
FAIREY SWORDFISH II, HS378
836 NAS. 30 November 1943. Caught in bad weather, crashed in bad visibility, Maydown.
FAIREY SWORDFISH II, LS261
836 NAS Empire MacMahon. 13 February 1944. Missed wires into barrier.
FAIREY SWORDFISH II, NF138
836 J Flt Empire MacMah on. 7 March 1944. Ship pitching, hit round down, over side and sank. SUB LIEUTENANT J.P. SCOTT and another picked up, LEADING AIRMAN H.T. WEBB drowned.