Harvey J Ross Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUROn 16-February-1943 in B-17F #42-5175 while serving as Left Waist Gunner the aircraft was damaged by flak and 2 engines were hit on the bomb run over the target at St. Nazaire, France. Sgt Ross was killed and the aircraft crashed near Les Sept Iles, France. Killed in Action (KIA).
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 306th Bomb Group 367th Bomb Squadron
Missions
![B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group fly over countryside. Image stamped on reverse: 'Planet News.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 16 Feb 1943.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: '7-12 Liberator planes of U.S. Bomber Command in flight at the start of an operational patrol from their base "somewhere in England". And February 17th 1943 PN'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379113.jpg.webp?itok=PMFn3r3H)
- Date: 16 February 1943
Places
![A bomber crew of the 306th Bomb Group wave to Picture Post Girls in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 41-24471) nicknamed "Four of a Kind" at Thurleigh in December 1942. Image stamped on reverse: '"Picture Post" [stamp], 'Passed for Publication 11 Dec 1942.' [stamp], '238038.' [Censor no.] Handwritten in censor's blue pencil on reverse: 'American Flying Fortress crew are introduced to the girls they will meet at Picture Post Xmas Party.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-379028.jpg.webp?itok=6Gc6iR0j)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Bedford
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Ohio but enlisted in JAX, Florida area | 5 April 1905 | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Les Sept Îles, France | 16 February 1943 | Killed when the aircraft was shot down by fighters and crashed into the sea at Les Sept Iles, France. His remains have never been recovered. |
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Other Commemorated |
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Madingley Road, Coton, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PH, UK | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Cambridge American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Added Some Punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.
Lee Cunningham 21-Feb-2015. AddeD NOTE on combination of data from Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database.
Lee Cunningham 21-Feb-2015. Confirmed SN and added KIA event per MACR 15471; Added Commemorated event and Decorations per American Battle Monument Commission (ABMC) record; Made connections to Place and Mission within existing website data; Added crew position and loss details to Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 15471, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 78, NARA enlistment records and National WWII web sites