Harold Lacy Ross Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-50414.jpeg UPL 50414 Harold Lacy Ross Jr. 335FS, 4FG

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 50414 - Harold Lacy Ross Jr. 335FS, 4FG

Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down, whilst strafing a train, when section bounced by mixed group of Bf109 and Fw190's Le Neubourg, France. Pilot Lt Harold L Ross Jr. KIA. 6-Jun-44. MACR 5612.



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Guilford County, NC, USA 3 June 1922 Son of Harold Lacy Ross Sr.

Enlisted

Winston-Salem, NC 30 October 1942 Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Other

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 4 April 1944 - 6 June 1944 Assigned to 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Neubourg, 67350 Dauendorf, France 6 June 1944 Shot down, whilst strafing a train, when section bounced by mixed group of Bf109 and Fw190's Le Neubourg, France. Lt Ross KIA. 6-Jun-44. MACR 5612.
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

Buried

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer, France Plot D Row 9 Grave 42

Revisions

Date
Changes
Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia;
- MACR 5612 ;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

MACR 5612 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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