George Gardiner Scott (11 June 1915 – 26 July 1942) was a Scottish professional

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inside right who played in the Scottish League for East Fife and Aberdeen.

Personal life

Scott attended Lumphinnans Primary School. In 1941, during the Second World War, he enlisted in the RAF and during a period training in Canada, met and married his wife Jessie. Scott returned to Scotland in 1942 and was posted to No. 19 Operational Training Unit at RAF Kinloss. On 26 July 1942,

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Scott, serving as an air gunner on board an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, took off from RAF Kinloss to conduct a cross-country training exercise. The aircraft suffered engine failure in mid-air, caught fire, and crashed into the Dornoch Firth off

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, killing all 5 on board, including Scott. The Whitley was attempting to get to

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when it crashed. His body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Air Forces Memorial.

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