Guy Elwood Mott

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Borden Graduation

Camp Borden, Jan. 16. 1942 - (CP) - Six United States fliers and one Australian, were included in a Royal Canadian Air Force class which graduated today from No. I Service Flying Training School here. Graduates from Ontario included:
W.T. Blakeney, R.F. Reid, G.R. Hare, J.L. McManus, F.J. Silk, M.G. Cleworth, J.L. Lush, R.W. Orr, P.K. Gray, R.C. Yeates, H.K. Hamilton, J.H. Slimon, Toronto; L.D. Manzer, Ingersoll; R.S. Gage, Oshawa; C.J. Walker, G.E. Mott, Sarnia; M.R. Thompson, Windsor; J.C. Montieth, Paris; D.P. Church, Peterborough; G.R. McConnell, Sault Ste. Marie; H.J. Ross, St. Catharines; A.G. Hare, St. Catharines; R. Thomson, North Hamilton; C.E.A. O'Brien, Thorold; C.R. Coome, Hamilton; J.D. Douglas, St. Pauls; A.S. Meilly, North Galford; E.A. Magee, Wallaceburg; W.P. Paris, Weston; J.P. Lumsden, Hamilton.

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ONTARIO FLIERS COMMISSIONED

March 17, 1943 - No. 1  R.C.A.F. Air Training Command announced the names here yesterday of Ontario airmen who have received commissions as pilot officers. They include: G.E.Mott ...

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R.C.A.F. Spitfire Fliers Catch 12 FW's, Down 10

With the R.C.A.F. in France, July 14, 1944 - (CP) - In their second spectacular victory in little more than a week, an R.C.A.F. Spitfire squadron commanded by Sqdn. Ldr. Tommy Brannagan, Windsor, Ont., Thursday night shot down in flames without loss to themselves 10 of a formation of 12 Focke-Wulf 190's spotted flying at tree-top level near Argentan, about 10 miles south of Caen.
Recently when the squadron ran into some Germans it destroyed five and its score stands now at 15 confirmed victories in two sorties, a record unequalled by any other fighter squadron in Normandy.
The squadron is part of the celebrated Canadian wing led by Wing-Cmdr. J.E. (Johnny) Johnson, much-decorated English airman from Nottingham, who, with 35 planes downed in air combat, is the leading Allied ace in this theatre.
Three of the German aircraft destroyed late Thursday fell before the guns of FO. Bill Myers of Windsor, Ont., a veteran of between 80 and 90 operational flights, whose only previous score was a half-share in the destruction of an enemy dive-bomber.
Brannagan himself got two. Flt. Lts. G.E. Mott of Sarnia, Ont., and J.C. Copeland of Toronto, FO.'s Lloyd (Lou) Plummer of Toronto, B.M. Mackenzie of Stettler, Alta., and D.H. Kimball of Onatucket, N.B., each got one.
Three of Thursday evening's victors also shared in the previous five-plane triumph when Brannagan shot down two and Kimball and Mott each got one.
Brannagan has been in command of the squadron for only a fortnight. The youthful airman, who started his second tour without any rest period, said the Germans "didn't have a chance because apparently they didn't see us until we were right down on them." He said the FW's were carrying bombs.
Typhoon fighter-bombers destroyed a bridge and smashed a section of rail track near Fleury-sur-Orne last night, in a dive-bombing assault against enemy lines of communication behind the battlefront.
The City of Ottawa squadron took off from this advanced base in two flights. One, led by Flt. Lt. Harold Gooding of Ottawa, smashed the bridge, and another flight led by the squadron commanding officer, Sqdn. Ldr. Bill Pentland of Calgary, struck the rail tracks approaching a second bridge near Etavaux, further north.
WO. Pat McConvey, 116 Barton Avenue, Toronto, said two planes ahead of him bombed the bridge with one direct hit right in the center. "The bridge was sagging in the center like a V when I last saw it," he added.
FO. John Dewar of London, Ont. reported, “I think the bridge had a little bent in it before we got there — anyway it's sure got one now.”

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ONTARIO FLIERS DOWN NAZIS

With the R.C.A.F. in Normandy, July 27, 1944 – (CP) - Canadian Spitfire pilots flying from beachhead airfields today destroyed at least 12 enemy aircraft. In an early morning sweep, F/L D.E. Noonan, Kingston, a City of Oshawa squadron pilot, destroyed a FW 190. He made his kill as the enemy aircraft was about to land. His victim crashed without a shot being fired while taking evasive action. F/L G.E Mott, Sarnia, shot down a FW 190 over Argences. Mott, whose sixth victory this is, belongs to a squadron led by S/L Tommy Brannagan, Windsor. F/L W.R. McRae, Port Arthur, F/L G.W. Johnson, Belleville, and P/O M.H. Havers, Hamilton, all accounted for ME 109's.

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15 CANADIANS NAMED IN LIST FOR AIR HONORS

Ottawa,, Oct. 19, 1944 - (CP) - Air Force headquarters announced tonight 15 awards to members of the RCAF serving overseas, including one Distinguished Service Order, 11 Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Distinguished Flying Medals and one British Empire Medal, Ontario winners of the DSO and DFM are named in the following list of recipients:

DSO
Wing Cmdr. G.C. Keefer, DFC and Bar, Charlottetown.
DFC
Sqdn. Ldr. G.D. Robertson, 3 Lamport Ave., Toronto.
Sqdn. Ldr. J.D. Somerville, Parry Sound.
Flt. Lt. G. Johnson, 102 Beechwood Ave., Hamilton.
Flt. Lt. G.E. Mott, Sarnia.
FO. B.W. Prange, Kitchener.
PO. S.A. Simmons, Copper Cliff.
DFM
PO. H.W. Robinson, Fenelon Falls.
BEM (MILITARY DIVISION)
PO. E.S. Neill, 347 Campbell Ave., Windsor.

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MOTT, F/L Guy Elwood (J22319) - Distinguished Flying Cross - No.441 Squadron
Award effective 20 October 1944 as per London Gazette of that date and
AFRO 2637/44 dated 8 December 1944.

Flight Lieutenant Mott is a courageous and determined pilot who has set a fine example to all. He has completed very many sorties and has at all times displayed the greatest keenness. He has destroyed four hostile aircraft.

NOTE: On 27 September 1942, flying Hurrican BAO 1364 (No.125 Squadron), reported:

While flying over Conception Bay near Bauline, aircraft developed glycol leak, smoke appearing in cockpit. I climed to 1,100 feet and attempted to make the airport but found that by this time the smoke had so filled the cockpit that I could not see forward so I rolled over and bailed out, landing in the water and after about 35 minutes I was picked up by fishermen from Bauline.

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MOTT, F/L Guy Elwood, DFC (59549) - Mention in Despatches
Awarded as per London Gazette dated 10 March 1950.

See Second World War data base for biographical details.

Appointed to Extended Service Commission as Flying Officer, General Duties Branch, Royal Air Force (four years Active, four years Reserve) and granted War substantive rank of Flight Lieutenant (seniority from 9 March 1946), 29 August 1947;
relinquished war substantive rank, 1 January 1948 but
granted Acting Flight Lieutenant rank;
reduction to Flying Officer, 11 October 1950.
Taken on strength at North Weald, 31 August 1947;
posted to No.1 Pilots Advanced Flying Unit,
Moreton-in-March (refresher course), 28 October 1947;
to Headquarters, Fighter Command (for disposal), 1 December 1947;
to No.595 Squadron, 3 December 1947 (supernumerary);
to Central Gunnery School, Leconfield to attend Court 87, 3 March 1948;
to No.203 Advance Flying School, 1 June 1948;
to No.5 Personnel Despatch Centre, 20 December 1948;
to Armament Practice Camp, Butterworth, Air Command Far East, 5 January 1949;
to No.27 Armament Practice Camp, Far East Air Force, 1 August 1949 (general duties);
to Far East Air Force, Kai Tak (general duties), 5 December 1949.
Released about 1 September 1951.
Joined RCAF Reserve, 16 September 1951.
Although no citation has been found, the following from a letter dated 11 January 1951 explains his duties; he was then at Kai Tak (Kowloon, Hong Kong):

I am at present filling the establishment on the Flying Wing of this Station as a G.D. Weapons Officer and I am in current flying practice on the following aircraft: Harvard, Spitfire Mark 18, 19 and 24, Vampire Mark 5 and Meteor Mark 7.

Another letter, dated 23 August 1951, declared:

I am in recent flying practice in Harvard, Spitfire, Vampire and Meteor aircraft. During the last 3 1/2 years I have been employed as a Pilot Attack Instructor and as a Wing Weapons Officer, the last 2 1/2 years being in Malaya and Hong Kong as a member of the Far East Air Force.

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