Harold Lacy Ross Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURUSAAF Photo
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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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
https://www.fold3.com/image/310763749
https://www.fold3.com/record/84079004/harold-l-ross-jr-wwii-army-enlist…
https://www.fold3.com/record/529914034/harold-l-ross-jr-american-battle…
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/335_r…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56641636/harold-lacy-ross
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
MACR 5612 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database