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{{Infobox military person<br />
|name=Patrick Philip Woods-Scawen <br />
|birth_date={{birth date|1916|06|29|df=yes}}<br />
|birth_place=[[Karachi]], British India<br />
|death_date={{death date and age|1940|09|01|1916|06|29|df=yes}}<br />
|death_place=[[Kenley]], England<br />
|nickname="Woody"<br />
|allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}}<br />
|serviceyears=1937–1940<br />
|rank=[[Pilot Officer]]<br />
|branch= {{air force|United Kingdom}}<br />
|units=[[No. 43 Squadron RAF]]<br />
|battles=[[Battle of France]], [[Battle of Britain]]<br />
|awards=[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]<br />
|relations=[[Anthony Woods-Scawen]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Patrick Philip "Woody" Woods-Scawen''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DFC}} (29 June 1916{{spaced ndash}}1 September 1940) was a [[Royal Air Force]] [[Officer (armed forces)|officer]] who flew during the [[Battle of Britain]] and as such was one of "[[The Few]]".<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Woods-Scawen was born on 29 June 1916 in [[Karachi]], [[India]], the son of Philip Neri and Kathleen Florence Woods-Scawen. He and his younger brother [[Anthony Woods-Scawen|Tony]] returned to the family home in [[Farnborough, Hampshire]] in 1924. He was educated at the [[Salesian College (Farnborough)|Salesian College, Farnborough]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Airmen's Stories – F/O P P Woods-Scawen|url=http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Woods-ScawenPP.htm|website=Battle of Britain London Monument|accessdate=6 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Royal Air Force==<br />
Woods-Scawen joined the [[Royal Air Force]] on a short service commission in October 1937. He was posted to No. 11 Flying Training School at [[RAF Wittering]] on 9 January 1938 and joined [[No. 85 Squadron RAF]] at [[RAF Debden]] on 20 August. He went to France with the squadron at the outbreak of war. On 10 May 1940, Woods-Scawen destroyed a [[Henschel Hs 126]] and shared a [[Junkers Ju 88]], on 11 May shared a [[Dornier Do 17]], on 17 May destroyed a [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]] and on 19 May destroyed three more and probably a fourth. The squadron withdrew to [[RAF Debden]] on 22 May. He was promoted to the rank of [[flying officer]] on 25 May 1940.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34898 |date=16 July 1940 |page=4362}}</ref><br />
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Woods-Scawen was awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|Distinguished Flying Cross]] (gazetted 25 June 1940). The citation reads:<br />
<blockquote>During May 1940, this officer destroyed six enemy aircraft and assisted in the destruction of others. On one occasion, although heavily outnumbered, he attacked without hesitation a large formation of enemy aircraft, shooting down two of them. His own aircraft was hit by a cannon shell and he was slightly wounded, but succeeded in escaping by parachute and rejoining his unit. He has displayed great courage, endurance and leadership.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34881|date=25 June 1940 |page=3862 }}</ref></blockquote><br />
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On 29 July, Woods-Scawen damaged a [[Dornier Do 17]] forty miles east of [[Felixstowe]] and had his own aircraft damaged by return fire. He claimed a Bf 109 probably destroyed and a Do 17 shared on 26 August, a Bf 109 destroyed on 28 August, a [[Messerschmitt Bf 110]] on 30 August and three Bf 109s on 31 August.<br />
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Woods-Scawen was shot down in combat with Bf 109s in the [[Kenley]] area on 1 September 1940. He bailed out but was killed when his parachute failed. His body was not found until 6 September in the grounds of The Ivies, Kenley Lane. His younger brother [[Anthony Woods-Scawen|Tony]] serving with [[No. 43 Squadron RAF]] was killed the day after him on 2 September 1940.<ref>{{cite web|title=Woods-Scawen, Charles Anthony|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2361233/woods-scawen,-charles-anthony/|website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission|accessdate=6 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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Woods-Scawen is buried in St Mary's churchyard, [[Caterham on the Hill]], [[Surrey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Woods-Scawen, Patrick Philip|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2434165/woods-scawen,-patrick-philip/|website=Commonwealth War Graves Commission|accessdate=6 February 2018}}</ref><br />
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