Marion D Ross

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media-13099.jpeg UPL 13099 Sergeant Marion D. Ross

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Object Number - UPL 13099 - Sergeant Marion D. Ross

Shot down by flak and fighters and crashed near Mont St Martin, FR on a mission to Augsburg, GR on 25 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-31517. Killed in Action (KIA).



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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Robert F Cooper

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

42-31517

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 457th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

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Born

Jackson, Ohio, USA 27 September 1921 SGT Marion D. Ross: Mission Narrative: Pilot Lt James R. Chinn KIA. Mission No. 4, Date - February 25, 1944, Target - Augsburg. Plane s/n 42-31517 was piloted on this mission to Augsburg by Lt James R. Chinn. His plane was hit by flack over France and he had to leave the formation. He salvoed his bombs but was still not able to rejoin the formation and was attacked and shot down by fighter aircraft over Mont St Martin, France in the Ardennes Northern Region. Seven crew members were killed, two evaded and one was captured and became a POW. The crew on this mission was as follows: Plane s/n 42-31517; Pilot Lt James R. Chinn KIA, Co-pilot Lt Robert F. Cooper KIA, Navigator Lt Frank McNichol Evaded Capture, Bombardier Lt John C. Vollmuth Evaded Capture, Aircraft Engineer Sgt Vite Peragine POW, Radio Operator Sgt Robert J. Mullins KIA, Left Waist Gunner Sgt Marrion D Ross KIA, Right Waist Gunner Sgt William Sullivan, Jr. KIA, Ball Turret Gunner Sgt Dillard V. Engdahl KIA, Tail Gunner Sgt Jeremiah B. Rolison KIA.

Died

25 February 1944

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Killed in Action (KIA)

France 25 February 1944

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Sergeant Marion D. Ross

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Left Waist Gunner

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Left Waist Gunner

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Purple Heart and Air Medal

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Augsburg not Augsberg

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1993 457th BGA Roster, ABMC, MACR 3003, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3003 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 13099 - Sergeant Marion D. Ross