Richard Martin Scott[1][2] (April 28, 1918 – January 2, 2005) was an American politician, U.S. Air Force pilot, and the former Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

[3] He graduated from the Lancaster Boys' High School in 1936 and was subsequently appointed to the United States Military Academy from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district by Republican representative J. Roland Kinzer in 1938.

[4][5][6] Scott was stationed in England in January 1944 and began flying P-38 missions over Europe during World War II.

[7] The Dutch resistance conceived a plot to help Scott escape the Netherlands by traveling through occupied Belgium and France before arriving in neutral Switzerland.

[7] After the war, Scott served as a fighter test pilot at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida from August 1945 to August 1946 and then as a cold weather test pilot at Ladd Air Force Base in Alaska from September 1946 to November 1948.

[5] While stationed at Sandia Base from February 1956 to June 1958,[6] Scott studied political science at the University of New Mexico.

[12] As adjutant general, Scott led the Pennsylvania National Guard and the state's veterans programs.