The observer ace hailed from a wealthy Greek family with a connection to James Bond series author Ian Fleming.

[2][3][4][5] By 1901, he was living at Tiltwood House in Worth, West Sussex, with his extended family, including his paternal grandmother, Elizabeth 'Eliza' Franghiadi Scaramanga.

20 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps on 28 December 1916, as an observer, with the rank of second lieutenant effective the following day.

They were forced to land near Neuve-Église, Bas-Rhin, France under machine-gun ground fire, and Bristol (B1275) was destroyed.

On 19 June 1918, Lieutenant James Scaramanga scored a triple, taking out three Fokker D.VII aircraft southeast of Armentières, Nord, France.

He took out his eighth plane on 4 July 1918 when a Fokker D.VII was destroyed over Noyelles, north of Seclin, Nord.

The lieutenant's ninth victory involved a DFW C destroyed north of La Bassée, Nord.

[2][10] Scaramanga was severely wounded in a dogfight and lost consciousness before he took down his twelfth and final enemy aircraft on 10 July 1918.

He died that same day, soon after he and his pilot, Lieutenant John Everard Gurdon, landed, about two weeks short of his twentieth birthday.

[5] Despite having been credited with twelve aerial victories and seriously wounded twice, the second time fatally, Lieutenant James John Scaramanga does not appear to have been decorated.