As a pre-adolescent boy, I can remember reading Robert Lee Scott’s book, “God is my Co-Pilot.” I was captivated by the adventure Scott described. I was surprised to read that my Uncle Tom had met Robert Lee Scott.
Robert Lee Scott Jr. (12 April 1908 – 27 February 2006) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force and a flying ace of World War II, credited with shooting down 13 Japanese aircraft.
Scott is best known for his memoir, God is My Co-Pilot (1943), about his exploits in World War II with the Flying Tigers and the United States Army Air Forces in China and Burma. The book was adapted as a film of the same name, which was released in 1945.
