Obituary, Sqn Ldr Harry Scott DSO DFC*
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Obituary, Sqn Ldr Harry Scott DSO DFC*
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"Squadron Leader Harry Scott, who has died aged 89, started his RAF career as a teenage aircraft apprentice and, after training as an air observer, became one of a small group of specialist navigators who pioneered the use of the blind-bombing aid "Oboe" with the Pathfinder Force.
Scott had already survived two tours on bomber operations when, in October 1942, he joined the newly-formed No 109 Squadron equipped with the fast and high-flying Mosquito. Oboe was a ground-controlled, blind-bombing system developed by the Telecommunications Research Establishment and based on the German Knickebein beam bombing system. It required precise navigation and timing for the Mosquito to fly down a narrow radio beam directed towards the target by the ground-based emitter; the aircraft would then drop flares and markers over the target to be used as an aiming point for the main bomber force."
"Squadron Leader Harry Scott, who has died aged 89, started his RAF career as a teenage aircraft apprentice and, after training as an air observer, became one of a small group of specialist navigators who pioneered the use of the blind-bombing aid "Oboe" with the Pathfinder Force.
Scott had already survived two tours on bomber operations when, in October 1942, he joined the newly-formed No 109 Squadron equipped with the fast and high-flying Mosquito. Oboe was a ground-controlled, blind-bombing system developed by the Telecommunications Research Establishment and based on the German Knickebein beam bombing system. It required precise navigation and timing for the Mosquito to fly down a narrow radio beam directed towards the target by the ground-based emitter; the aircraft would then drop flares and markers over the target to be used as an aiming point for the main bomber force."
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Sqn Ldr Harry Scott DSO DFC*
I had always wondered about the identity of the sole survivor of the crash that killed my uncle Patrick James Neil Adshead. He was the pilot of Hampden AE266 that crashed on 31 July 1941 at RAF Upwood. All my life I've wondered if the sole survivor of that crash had survived the war and whether I would ever be able to speak to him of that day. I am glad that he did survive and live a long life and have a family, but sorry that I only discovered who he was a few months after his death. My condolences to his family.
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Cologne. AE266 was one of two 61 Sqdn Hampdens lost on this operation. Airborne 2318 30Jul41 from North Luffenham. Undershot the runway and crashed 0450 31Jul41 while trying to land at RAF Upwood. F/S Durtnall had survived a serious crash at the beginning of the year (See: X3126) and at the time of his death was approaching the end of his tour of operations. On 18Feb46, Sgt Fillmore's brother, F/L E.G.Fillmore DFC, was killed On Active Service and he is buried in the same grave as Sgt Fillmore at Sudbury Cemetery. P/O P.J.N.Adshead KIA F/S Scott Inj F/S R.R.B.Durtnall DFM KIA Sgt K.M.Fillmore KIA "
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