Group Captain Alan John Lance Scott, CB, MC, AFC (29 June 1883 – 16 January 1922) was an officer in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War and the following years.

[1] Scott was born in Christchurch, New Zealand,[2] on 29 June 1883,[3] but moved to in England where he attended Oxford University, from which he graduated with a law degree.

[2] He was originally an officer in the British Army's Sussex Yeomanry, later transferring to the Royal Flying Corps.

Scott never became a very good pilot; in fact, in training, he crashed and broke both legs.

He has on several occasions attacked and destroyed enemy aircraft and taken successful photographs under heavy fire.