Captain Owen John Frederick Scholte MC (22 June 1896 – 30 July 1918) was a British flying ace of the First World War, credited with eight aerial victories before his death in an automobile accident.
[1] Scholte was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in the infantry on 20 March 1915,[4] and served in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
[1] He was appointed a flight commander with the rank of acting-captain on 4 May 1918,[10] and soon after gained his final two victories, sending enemy reconnaissance aircraft down in flames on 15 and 19 May.
[1] On 30 July 1918, Scholte was a passenger in an automobile returning from a party in Dieppe, driven by his old Mill Hill schoolmate Major Cyril Crowe.
The automobile collided with a tree in Abbeville, and Scholte and another passenger Major Cyril E. Foggin were killed.