aeroraider Posted 14 January , 2005 Share Posted 14 January , 2005 I am looking for information on Lt. Reginald Jacob Scott, pilot, 111 Squadron. I have a copy of his casualty record and enlistment paper. He was a dentist from Brandon Manitoba Canada. 1. He was killed accidentally. Does anyone know the nature of the accident? 2. Does anyone have any squadron records or photographs of 111 Squadron? Any help appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 14 January , 2005 Share Posted 14 January , 2005 Lt R J Scott died on 7 May 1918 from injuries received in an accident on 1 May. No 111 Sqn RFC/RAF was formed at Deir-el-Belah, Palestine, on 1 August 1917 from a flight of No 14 Sqn. It was equipped with a variety of aircraft, including Bristol Monoplanes, DH 2s, Vickers FB 19s, Nieuport Scouts and Bristol Fighters. Operations against the Turkish/German forces commenced in September. It was intended that No 111 Sqn was to be a single-seater unit, and it had only Nieuports by early 1918; these begain to be replaced by SE 5as in June 1918. The Bristol Fighters were sent to No 1 Sqn AFC. By the Armistice, pilots from No 111 Sqn had claimed 59 victories over enemy aircraft, with the most successful pilot being the Australian Capt Roy Maxwell Drummond, who was credited with 8. I hope this helps you. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroraider Posted 14 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 14 January , 2005 Thanks Gareth. Do you know if 111 has a squadron history or memoir? I have a copy of Sutherland's book Aces and Kings, which is about the same theatre of war... but have found nothing specific to 111. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 14 January , 2005 Share Posted 14 January , 2005 I don't know of a specific squadron history, but it's quite likely that there is one. Meanwhile, you could try trawling through the Palestine part of the AFC's Official History at http://awm.gov.au/histories/ww1/8/index.asp as there are a number of mentions of No 111 Sqn in the text. No 111 Sqn is also mentioned in Volume VI of The War in the Air, the British Official History. Good luck Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroraider Posted 14 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 14 January , 2005 Thanks for the link... it should prove useful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 15 January , 2005 Share Posted 15 January , 2005 I just braved the heat and went up into the attic to look at a 1975 Cross & Cockade journal which featured some photographs of No 111 Sqn in Palestine. Some of these may be of interest to you. The first features Bristol M.1c A5142. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 15 January , 2005 Share Posted 15 January , 2005 The second No 111 Sqn aeroplane is Vickers FB 19 Bullet A5231. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 15 January , 2005 Share Posted 15 January , 2005 Here's another Bullet, this time A5236. Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroraider Posted 15 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 15 January , 2005 Braved the heat! It is -50C (I'm not kidding) here tonight... it is hard for me to feel sorry for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Smith Posted 15 January , 2005 Share Posted 15 January , 2005 G'day, There is a book called "Golden Eagles", it has a chapter on "Peter" Drummond, if you pm me your address I will photocopy the chapter and snail mail it to you. It doesn't have anything regarding Scott, but it gives you an idea of 111 Sqn's operations. Regards, Andrew Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted 15 January , 2005 Share Posted 15 January , 2005 Braved the heat! It is -50C (I'm not kidding) here tonight... it is hard for me to feel sorry for you! Mate January is in summer! Yesterday it was about +42 here, so the attic would have been at least in the 50s, and the journals would have stayed up there. It was much cooler today, probably only in the mid 30s, so sorting through them wasn't the experience that it might have been a day before. There are a couple of articles in the journals that deal with No 111 Sqn; if you PM me with your address, I'll try copying and e-mailing. Regards Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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