David Scott?s Camel received a direct hit from AA fire over, the wings folded up and he crashed into the ground at Quesnoy. His body was later found and buried in Pont du Hem Military Cemetery. The following comes from Hardens local newspaper ?Evidence to hand regarding the fate of that gallant County Down Airman, Lieutenant D Harden Scott MC RFC, who, as already been announced as killed in these columns, was killed in action on the 12th, shows that his machine was brought down with a direct hit from enemy anti-aircraft fire. Eloquent testimony as to the high esteem in which the young scout pilot was held by all sections of the community in Ballybahinch is found in the fact that since the announcement of his death a memorial service had been held in every church in the town, were by all classes, his loss is deeply and sincerely mourned.
Simon Birch, Wednesday September 10th 2014 14:47
