Question: What is the unit of a Victoria Cross recipient man born in Scotland in the spring of 1917 ?

text: List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Air Force
Recipients

The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour in the face of the enemy to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. It takes precedence over all other postnominals and medals. It can be awarded to a person of any rank in any service and civilians under military command, and is presented to the recipient by the British monarch during an investiture held at Buckingham Palace. It is the joint highest award for bravery in the United Kingdom with the George Cross, which is the equivalent honour for valour not in the face of the enemy. The VC has been awarded on 1356 occasions to 1353 individual recipients. The ribbon is crimson, 38 mm (1.5 inches) wide. The original (1856) specification for the award stated that the ribbon should be red for army recipients and blue for naval ones. However the dark blue ribbon was abolished soon after the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918. On 22 May 1920 King George V signed a warrant that stated all recipients would now receive a red ribbon and the living recipients of the naval version were required to exchange their ribbons for the new colour. There have been a total of 26 recipients of the VC who were serving in the Royal Air Force, including the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, at the time of their valiant deed or deeds. First World War VCs awarded to airmen in the Royal Flying Corps (13[citation needed] in total) and the Royal Naval Air Service (2 in total) are not listed below, see the RN page for the RNAS recipients. The vast majority of air force VCs awarded in a single conflict were for the Second World War, with the majority being won by Bomber Command aircrew and only one going to Fighter Command.
Name Unit Date of action Conflict Place of action
Edward Mannock 074 No . 74 Squadron and No . 85 Squadron 17 June 1918 to 26 July 1918* First World War Western Front
Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor 084 No . 84 Squadron 8 August 1918 to 8 October 1918 First World War Western Front
Ferdinand West 008 No . 8 Squadron 10 August 1918 First World War Near Ham and Hombleux , France
William Barker 201 No . 201 Squadron ( attached ) 27 October 1918 First World War Over the Forêt de Mormal , France
Donald Garland 012 No . 12 Squadron 12 May 1940* Second World War Over the Albert Canal , Belgium
Thomas Gray 012 No . 12 Squadron 12 May 1940* Second World War Over the Albert Canal , Belgium
Roderick Learoyd 049 No . 49 Squadron 12 August 1940 Second World War Over the Dortmund-Ems Canal , Germany
James Nicolson 249 No . 249 Squadron 16 August 1940 Second World War Near Southampton , England
John Hannah 083 No . 83 Squadron 15 September 1940 Second World War Over Antwerp , Belgium
Kenneth Campbell 022 No . 22 Squadron 6 April 1941* Second World War Over Brest Harbour , France
Hughie Edwards 105 No . 105 Squadron 4 July 1941 Second World War Over the port of Bremen , Germany
Arthur Scarf 062 No . 62 Squadron 9 December 1941* Second World War Over and on return from Singora , Thailand
John Nettleton 044 No . 44 ( Rhodesia ) Squadron 17 April 1942 Second World War On the outward flight and over Augsburg , Germany
Leslie Manser 050 No . 50 Squadron 30 May 1942 to 31 May 1942* Second World War Over and attempting to return from Cologne , Germany
Hugh Malcolm 018 No . 18 Squadron 4 December 1942* Second World War Near Chougui , Tunisia
Guy Gibson 617 No . 617 Squadron 16 May 1943 to 17 May 1943 Second World War Over the Möhne and Eder dams , Germany
Arthur Aaron 218 No . 218 Squadron 12 August 1943* Second World War Over Turin , Italy and on the return flight to Bone , North Africa
William Reid 061 No . 61 Squadron 3 November 1943 Second World War On the outward flight and over and returning from Düsseldorf , Germany
Cyril Barton 578 No . 578 Squadron 30 March 1944* Second World War On the outward flight and over and returning from Nuremberg , Germany
Norman Jackson 106 No . 106 Squadron 26 April 1944 to 27 April 1944 Second World War Attempting to return from Schweinfurt , Germany