Samuel C Ross

Military

Witness for B-17 42-3158's missing aircraft report while a tail gunner on B-17 42-38051.

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Aircraft

Missions

  • Date: 29 April 1944
  • Date: 27 April 1944
A B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29155) nicknamed "Picadilly Commando" of the 446th Bomb Group. First handwritten caption on reverse: '446BG B/24 leaving Ruhr on its way home 22 April 1944.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '22/4/44, 21,000 Ft. Hamm, smoke screen in distance.'
  • Date: 22 April 1944
  • Date: 13 April 1944

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Richland, South Carolina. USA 5 July 1925

Enlisted

Fort Jackson, South Carolina, USA 9 February 1943

Died

Bountiful, Utah, USA 10 July 2003

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303rd Bomb Group Records

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://303rdbg.com/rost-rs.html#R