Scott Ritchie
17 November 1958 ~ 18 May 1983
(age 24)
Scott & I, while stationed at CFB Baden-Söllingen in West Germany, were both on the CF-104 Starfighters Air Demonstration Team for 1982, doing airshows all over Europe.
Scott was back in Canada doing training out of CFB Cold Lake in Alberta, when his CF-104 crashed at Kesatasaw Lake, Saskatchewan.
Scott did not survive. His memorial service was held at CFB Baden-Söllingen the morning of 13 may 1983, the same day that I was transferred back to Canada after being station in West Germany for the past 4 years.
Less than 3 hours after Scott's memorial service at CFB Baden-Söllingen, I was on a Canadian Forces Boeing 707 flying from CFB Lahr in West Germany to CFB Trenton in Ontario. Auf wiedersehen, West Germany, and rest in peace Scott.
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