Brigadier Robert Scott Remembers the Flying Tigers (Restored HD)
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This interview with Brigadier General (Ret.) Robert Scott was produced by the U.S.A.F. in 1987. In 1941, during World War 2 Scott joined Claire Chennault's "Flying Tigers" American Volunteer Group (AVG) in China as a "guest pilot," fighting the Japanese while still in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He flew several missions daily and learned the Flying Tiger's combat tactics. He piloted a Curtiss P-40 as a single plane escort for transports and on ground attack missions. In July 1942, the AVG was disbanded and most of the pilots were integrated into the Army Air Corp's new 23rd Fighter Group in in China. Scott, who had demonstrated his ability with the A.V.G. was named it's commanding officer. Colonel Scott flew 388 combat missions with 925 hours from July 1942 to October 1943, shooting down 13 Japanese aircraft, one of America's earliest flying aces. He returned to the U.S.A. in October 1943 to become deputy for operations at the A.A.F School of Applied Tactics at Orlando Army Air Base, Florida and wrote a best selling memoir about his time with the Flying Tigers, "God is My Co-Pilot," made into a Hollywood movie in 1945, starring Dennis Morgan as Robert Scott.
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