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{{Infobox military person
| name = Maurice Douglas Guest Scott
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1895|11|13}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1918|3|17|1895|11|13}}
| birth_place = [[Mussoorie]], [[Bengal Presidency]], India
| death_place = [[Shoreham-by-Sea|Shoreham]], [[Sussex]], England
| placeofburial_label =
| placeofburial = [[All Saints' Church, Ockbrook]] [[Derbyshire]], England
| placeofburial_coordinates = {{coord|52|55|2|N|1|22|16|W|display=inline,title}}
| nickname =
| allegiance = United Kingdom
| branch = British Army
| serviceyears = 1914–1918
| rank = [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]]
| unit = {{plainlist|
* [[Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)|Loyal North Lancashire Regiment]]
* [[No. 18 Squadron RAF|No. 18 Squadron RFC]]
* [[No. 54 Squadron RAF|No. 54 Squadron RFC]]
* [[No. 46 Squadron RAF|No. 46 Squadron RFC]]
* [[No. 91 Squadron RAF|No. 91 Squadron RFC]]
}}
| commands =
| battles = World War I {{*}}[[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]]
| awards = [[Military Cross]]
| relations =
| laterwork =
}}
Captain '''Maurice Douglas Guest Scott''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MC}} (13 November 1895 – 17 March 1918) was a British World War I [[flying ace]] credited with [[List of World War I aces credited with 11–14 victories|twelve official victories]], including [[List of World War I aviators who shot down one observation balloon|one observation balloon]], while a member of the [[Royal Flying Corps]]. He scored as both an [[aerial observer]] and a pilot; he was successful while serving with three different squadrons.<ref name="theaerodrome">{{cite web |url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/england/scott3.php |title=Maurice Douglas Guest Scott |work=The Aerodrome |year=2016 |access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref>

==Early life==
Scott was born in [[Mussoorie]], [[Bengal Presidency]], India, the second son of Philip William Scott (1865–1910), a civil engineer employed by the [[Eastern Bengal Railway]], and Agnes Mary (née Kirkham) (1865–1932). Following his father's death the family returned to England. In the 1911 census he is recorded as living in [[Bedford]] with his mother, his brother Percy (1893–1914), and his aunt Emily, but by 1914 the family were resident in [[Borrowash]], Derbyshire.<ref name="theaerodrome"/><ref name="unexaminedlives">{{cite web |url=http://unexaminedlives.org/guest-scott-maurice-d/ |title=Guest-Scott, Maurice D. |work=Unexamined Lives |year=2016 |access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref>

His name appears on the War Memorial at [[Derby railway station|Derby station]] for No. 8 Shop, Derby, suggesting that he also worked for the Midland Railway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/151952/|title=Derby (Midland Railway No 9 Shop WWI plaque) - War Memorials Online|website=www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>

==World War I service==
After serving as a cadet in the [[Officers' Training Corps]],<ref>{{London Gazette |date=20 November 1914 |issue=28981 |pages=9546–9547 }}</ref> Scott was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant (on probation)<ref>{{London Gazette |date=1 December 1914 |issue=28992 |page=10198 |nolink=yes}}</ref> in the 3rd Battalion, [[The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment]] on 14 November 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=25 May 1915 |supp=y |issue=29172 |page=5082 |nolink=yes}}</ref> He was confirmed in his rank on 1 October 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=1 October 1915 |issue=29312 |page=9655 |nolink=yes}}</ref>

Scott was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps in February 1916,{{sfnp|Franks|2005|p=22}} and after completing his aerial gunnery training was appointed a flying officer (observer) on 21 May.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=2 June 1916 |supp=y |issue=29611 |page=5616 |nolink=yes}}</ref> He was posted to No. 18 Squadron to fly in the [[Vickers FB.5|Vickers Gunbus]] two-seater fighter. On 3 April 1916, he was credited with capturing a German two-seater reconnaissance aircraft at [[Souchez]].<ref name="theaerodrome"/>

He would subsequently train as a pilot, being appointed a [[flying officer]] on 16 October 1916, with seniority from 21 May.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=31 October 1916 |supp=y |issue=29811 |page=10620 |nolink=yes}}</ref> He was then posted to No. 54 Squadron to fly the [[Sopwith Pup]] single-seat fighter. On 5 [[Bloody April|April 1917]], he shared with [[Frank Hudson (aviator)|Frank Hudson]], [[Reginald Charley]], and another pilot, in the destruction of a German [[observation balloon]]. On 9 May 1917, he destroyed another enemy two-seater. Two days later, Scott shared with [[William Strugnell]], [[Oliver Sutton (aviator)|Oliver Sutton]], and three other squadron mates, in the destruction of an enemy reconnaissance aircraft. On 1 June, Scott and Sutton drove an [[Albatros D.III]] fighter down out of control over [[Honnecourt-sur-Escaut|Honnecourt]], and Scott became an ace.<ref name="theaerodrome"/>

He subsequently transferred to No. 46 Squadron<ref name="theaerodrome"/> and was appointed a [[flight commander]], with the acting rank of captain, on 21 June 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=3 July 1917 |supp=y |issue=30163 |page=6646 |nolink=yes}}</ref>

He began a string of seven wins on 4 September 1917, sharing with four others in the driving down of an Albatros two-seater south of Scarpe. He would gain six more wins that month, destroying a [[Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke|DFW]] reconnaissance aircraft, and driving down two Albatros D.Vs and two German reconnaissance aircraft. He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] on 27 October 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette |date=26 October 1917 |supp=y |issue=30355 |page=11110 |nolink=yes}}</ref> On 8 October 1917, he was relieved from combat duty to return to Home Establishment,<ref name="theaerodrome"/> where on 1 November 1917 he was appointed a Group Instructor in Gunnery (graded as a flight commander).<ref>{{London Gazette |date=13 November 1917 |supp=y |issue=30383 |page=11816 |nolink=yes}}</ref>

Scott was killed in a flying accident at Shoreham, Sussex, on 17 March 1918,<ref name="theaerodrome"/> and is buried at [[All Saints' Church, Ockbrook|All Saints' Church]], [[Ockbrook]], [[Derbyshire]].<ref>{{CWGC|id=351812|name=Scott, Maurice Douglas Guest|access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref>

===List of aerial victories===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+Combat record<ref name="theaerodrome"/>
|-
!No.
! width="130" |Date/time
! width="100" |Aircraft/ Serial No.
! width="100" |Opponent
! width="100" |Result
!Location
!Notes
|-
! colspan="7" |No. 18 Squadron RFC
|-
|1 || 3 April 1916 1015 || [[Vickers F.B.5]] (2882) || Type C || Captured || [[Souchez]] ||
|-
! colspan="7" |No. 54 Squadron RFC
|-
|2 || 5 April 1917 || [[Sopwith Pup]] || [[Observation balloon|Balloon]] || Destroyed || Gouy || Shared with Captains [[Frank Hudson (aviator)|Frank Hudson]] & R. G. H. Pixley, and 2nd Lieutenant [[Reginald Charley]].
|-
|3 || 9 May 1917 1530 || Sopwith Pup (A7330) || Type C || Destroyed || [[Séranvillers]] ||
|-
|4 || 11 May 1917 1840 || Sopwith Pup (A6165) || Type C || Destroyed || [[Walincourt]] || Shared with Major C. E. Sutcliffe, Captain [[William Strugnell]], and Lieutenants [[Oliver Sutton (aviator)|Oliver Sutton]], E. J. Y. Grevelink, & M. B. Cole.
|-
|5 || 1 June 1917 1135 || Sopwith Pup (A7330) || [[Albatros D.III]] || Out of control || [[Honnecourt-sur-Escaut|Honnecourt]] || Shared with Lieutenant Oliver Sutton.
|-
! colspan="7" |No. 46 Squadron RFC
|-
|6 || 4 September 1917 0930 || Sopwith Pup (B1843) || Albatros C || Out of control || South of Scarpe || Shared with Lieutenants Charles Odell, E. Armitage, C. Courtneidge and Eric Hughes.
|-
|7 || 11 September 1917 1055 || Sopwith Pup (B2191) || Type C || Out of control || South of Scarpe ||
|-
|8 || 21 September 1917 0820 || Sopwith Pup (B2191) || Type C || Out of control || South of Scarpe ||
|-
|9 || 22 September 1917 1030 || Sopwith Pup (B2191) || [[Albatros D.V]] || Out of control || [[Sailly-en-Ostrevent]] ||
|-
|10 || 24 September 1917 1030 || Sopwith Pup (B2191) || DFW C || Destroyed || South-east of Honnecourt ||
|-
|11 || rowspan="2"| 30 September 1917 1630-1636 || rowspan="2"|Sopwith Pup (B2191) || Albatros D.V || Out of control || rowspan="2"|[[Vitry-en-Artois|Vitry]] ||
|-
|12 || Albatros D.V || Out of control ||
|-
|}

==Honours and awards==
;Military Cross
:Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Maurice Douglas Guest Scott, North Lancashire Regiment, Special Reserve, and Royal Flying Corps.
::"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in aerial combats. On one occasion his patrol encountered seven enemy machines, two of which he drove down out of control. He has destroyed eleven enemy aeroplanes, and proved himself a very dashing patrol leader."<ref>{{London Gazette |date=21 March 1918 |issue=30583 |supp=y |page=3431}}</ref>

==References==
;Notes
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;Bibliography
* {{cite book |first=Norman |last=Franks |author-link=Norman Franks |title=Sopwith Pup Aces of World War 1: Volume 67 of Osprey Aircraft of the Aces: Issue 67 of Aircraft of the Aces |location=Oxford, UK |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-84176-886-1}}

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[[Category:Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in England]]
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