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Desmond J. Scott
Group Captain Desmond James Scott, DSO, OBE, DFC & Bar (11 September 1918 – 8 October 1997) was a New Zealand fighter pilot during the Second World War. He got his licence as a private pilot in New Zealand in 1939 and was automatically enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in September of that year. After Arriving in Britain in September 1940 Scott flew for the Royal Air Force, rising through the ranks to become one of the youngest group captains in the RAF.
==Early life==
Desmond Scott was born in Ashburton in the province of Canterbury, New Zealand on 11 September 1918. He was educated at Cathedral Grammar School in Christchurch, before becoming a salesman.
In the late 1930s Scott joined the Territorial Army and became a trooper in the Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry. After an encounter with a New Zealand Permanent Air Force Bristol F.2 Fighter Scott decided to become a pilot, enlisting with a local flying club where he learned to fly a de Havilland Gypsy Moth. After a total of six and a half hours of dual instruction Scott flew solo. Each hour of instruction cost 30 shillings and Scott was:
Scott was sent for training to the Air Force base at Wigram Aerodrome where he was teamed up with a Stan "Spud" Murphy to fly Fairey Gordons.〔Note: Stan Murphy was shot down over the Brest Peninsula in 1941 and spent the rest of the war as a POW. "Spud" Murphy's brother Frank would later become a Squadron Leader of 486(NZ) Squadron, scoring at least five victories, then went on to become a production test pilot for Hawker Aircraft in early 1944.〕 In late 1940 Scott sailed to England as part of a contingent of New Zealand pilots from his course at Wigram. On arrival in Scotland in September the New Zealanders were sent to the aircrew reception centre at Uxbridge.〔Scott 1989, pp. 9–18.〕
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