I think that was Winston Churchill, wasn't it?

Georger said: It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma...


The absolute best quote I've ever heard on this or the DZ forum in all these years.  The best description of our situation here.  I'm stealing it, Georger.  You wax eloquent prose.  Classic!

Meyer

Meyer you are welcome to it - the quote is from Churchill - referring to Stalin and the Soviet Union, WWII. 

Hello all. New to the Forum so forgive me for repetitions. Lots of good info here by the way. My compliments to all.

Have a question about Capt. William Scott: States here he flew in the China-Burma-Indian theater during WW2. Does anyone have any other detailed info (or where it can be found) about his service there? (i.e., his squadron info, assignments, etc.)

Thank you for your time.

Hello all. New to the Forum so forgive me for repetitions. Lots of good info here by the way. My compliments to all.

Have a question about Capt. William Scott: States here he flew in the China-Burma-Indian theater during WW2. Does anyone have any other detailed info (or where it can be found) about his service there? (i.e., his squadron info, assignments, etc.)

Thank you for your time.

Try here to start - they have Scott's full vita. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login Use the contact email form.  If this fails let us know and I will refer you on to other sources... You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

From my notes: 'In 1972, a year after the hijacking, Scott lost his son, grandson, daughter-in-law and her grandmother in a plane crash near St. Louis. Scott, who had begun flying in 1944 for the Army Air Force, flew 34 years for Northwest. He shunned interviews after the hijacking, which remains unsolved. He died on Sunday of prostate cancer at his home in Green Valley, Ariz.' (NYTimes obit)
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I have nothing specific to his service in WWII.

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377

He isn't listed in those pages ...

Maybe Bruce and Cook have better info from SA Eng or the Director of the FBI who Cook says communicates with with him regularly and mixes with socially?  Maybe Cook had Scott's name removed from the list to protect the Cooper case? 

There were other volumes of names of HUMP pilots not included in that webpage so we cant rule Scott out just yet.

That WW2 flying through the Himalayas in overloaded iced up cargo planes was among the most treacherous in the history of aviation. One of my commercial fishing buddies has loaned me his dad's photos, logs and memorabilia of his days as a HUMP pilot flying C 46s and C 47s. Harrowing stuff, pushing cargo out the rear door of an iced up C 46 that couldn't maintain altitude and was threading its way though Himalayan peaks in a blinding snowstorm at night. This pilot was awarded the DFC for his extraordinary airmanship. Many died flying that route.

377

I understand that the most reliable navigational device for flying the HUMP was looking for crashed C-46s below.

There were other volumes of names of HUMP pilots not included in that webpage so we cant rule Scott out just yet.

That WW2 flying through the Himalayas in overloaded iced up cargo planes was among the most treacherous in the history of aviation. One of my commercial fishing buddies has loaned me his dad's photos, logs and memorabilia of his days as a HUMP pilot flying C 46s and C 47s. Harrowing stuff, pushing cargo out the rear door of an iced up C 46 that couldn't maintain altitude and was threading its way though Himalayan peaks in a blinding snowstorm at night. This pilot was awarded the DFC for his extraordinary airmanship. Many died flying that route.

377

Thanks 377. Georger posted a link to the national archives. After weeding through a number of 'Scotts' narrowed it down to this one (see the lengthy link below). Year of birth matches and -if I am correct- he was from the upper Midwest.

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