Scott, Thomas Farrar 'Tom'

Killed in Flying Accident 1918-05-21

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date

Born: Prescott, Leeds, Ontario

William Lemuel Scott & Beatrice Louisa Thompson

Home: Vancouver, B.C. (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: 1914-11-14

Decorations: MM

Military Medal

Service

RAF

Unit

75 HDS Harling Road England (F) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

Rank

Second-Lieutenant

Position

Second-Lieutenant

Service Numbers

2107

Scott enlisted in 1914 and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps from the CEF in late 1917.He was completing his training on 1918-05-21, when he died in a solo training flight accident. Taking off in a BE12 aircraft he stalled because his flying speed was too low and then spun into the ground and burst into flames at Elmswell. He died in the crash.

Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12

Photo of prototype B.E.12 in RFC service markings taken in 1915/16.
Unknown, probably either a service member of the RFC or an employee of the Royal Aircraft Factory. - Published in : Cheesman, E.F. Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War, Harleyford, 1960 - and several times before and since that date.
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The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12 was a British single-seat aeroplane of The First World War designed at the Royal Aircraft Factory. It was essentially a single-seat version of the B.E.2.

Intended for use as a long-range reconnaissance and bombing aircraft, the B.E.12 was pressed into service as a fighter, in which role it proved disastrously inadequate, mainly due to its very poor manoeuvrability.Wikipedia

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