RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT - Through the Years

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RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT THROUGH THE YEARS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN 1948 Life for me began on February 25 th. 1948 at this ‘birthing home’ in Grange Park, Enfield, (formerly in the County of Middlesex – now Greater London), England, during the reign of King George VI, father of the future Queen Elizabeth II. Apparently, the building is no longer there…condos instead. June 2017 1
RICHARD ALLEN SCOTT THROUGH THE YEARS ABOUT MY PARENTS MY FATHER Little is known about my father, John Peter Scott, born March 26, 1924 in Islington, London, England. He died of esophageal cancer at the age of 61 years, at home in Edmonton, Alberta on October 13 th 1985. He was orphaned at an early age and never spoke of his childhood. He did have an older brother, Charles Thomas (Tom) Scott, who was about 10 years older and who, it was said, raised his younger brother. Tom worked in the government and was a bit of an artist. He died at an early age in England in 1973. I grew up with this painting that Tom gave my parents and which hung in their various living rooms and which now adorns one of my walls. Tom and John’s parents were Charles, a mailman, who died in 1935, and Rachel (nee Moore) who lived at 140 Downham Road, Islington, London, when John’s birth certificate was issued, and who apparently died giving birth in 1932 to Margaret, who did not survive. I know nothing more about them, but located the address on Google Street maps: Don’t know if this is the original building or not. I believe this structure may have replaced those that were there before the war, as serious overcrowding had become an issue, with 1.75 persons per room being the normal density. 140 Downham Road Islington, London As soon as he was of age, and because World War II was well underway, John joined the Royal Air Force (RAF), service number 165686. In 1943, at 19 years of age, he completed his flying training in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, and Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, graduating as an Observer and posted to a bomber squadron in Suffolk, England, where he qualified as a Navigator. The Observer role was to navigate the bomber to the target using astral navigation, map reading, and wireless position fixes and then to release the payload onto the target. An observer wore a single-winged aircrew brevet with a wreath containing the letter "O". He never spoke of his war experience, but he participated in numerous lowlevel sorties to drop food, armaments and communications supplies to resistance groups in Norway and Czechoslovakia, with his squadron publicly recognized in Prague after the war. TOM in the late 1960’s June 2017 2
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