ND Scott (19th April 1916)

[petet]

Does anyone have any information regarding the circumstances under which 2/Lt. ND Scott was killed in an aeroplane accident on 19th April 1916 (Thetford). I am assuming that No. 35 Squadron was involved in some way, but I don't know whether he was hit by one of its aircraft or whether he was flying in the aircraft involved

 

Your usual help would be much appreciated 

 

Regards

 

Pete

 

 

 

[helpjpl]

2 hours ago, petet said:

Does anyone have any information regarding the circumstances under which 2/Lt. ND Scott was killed in an aeroplane accident on 19th April 1916 (Thetford). I am assuming that No. 35 Squadron was involved in some way, but I don't know whether he was hit by one of its aircraft or whether he was flying in the aircraft involved

 

Your usual help would be much appreciated 

 

Regards

 

Pete

 

 

 

 

According to this list, he crashed after climbing too steeply:

http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1916.htm

 

And here - reports say he climbed too quickly, lost control of the aircraft and crashed:

https://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/printthread.php?t=19689&pp=40&page=32

 

His service papers are on findmypast:

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/united-kingdom-records-in-military-armed-forces-and-conflict/and_service-records?firstname=nigel dennistoun&firstname_variants=true&lastname=scott

 

National Archives:

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1093030

 

Birth registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1891 at Belper

Baptised  05 December 1891 at Duffield

 

Nigel Dennistoun Scott - Royal Aero Club Aviators Certificate 2615 (year of birth and day of death are wrong):

Born:  23 Oct. 1892 at Duffield

Rank, Regiment, Profession: 2nd Lieut. 3rd Bn. The Queens

Certificate taken on: Maurice Farman Biplane at Military School Norwich on 23rd March 1916

Killed 24th April 1916 at Thetford

 

Photo of him in the Royal Aero Club Album on ancestry:

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1283/31032_A200030-00003/14232?backUrl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3findiv%3d1%26db%3dRoyalAeroClub%26h%3d14232%26tid%3d%26pid%3d%26usePUB%3dtrue%26_phsrc%3dZfa5%26_phstart%3dsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3dtrue%26rhSource%3d1904&ssrc=&rdb=RoyalAeroClub

 

JP

Edited 8 October , 2017 by helpjpl
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[petet]

Thank you for the comprehensive feedback. His service record confirms that he was with No. 35 Squadron at the time (his casualty card shows 9RS).

 

I will now have to see if I can tie the information in with an aircraft loss.

 

Regards (and thanks again for your time and effort)

 

Pete