Frank M Ross
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Object Number - FRE 5014 - The insginia of the 365th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group.
Commander, 365th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group, 1 January 1943 - 1944; KIA 11 April 1944, Major, Pilot.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Events
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Pennsylvania, USA | 16 February 1917 | |
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Other KIA |
11 April 1944 | Death: Apr. 11, 1944, France Son of Frank Ross and Edith Francis Ross. Frank, who resided at 222 South Main Street, Smyrna, Delaware, served as a Major in the 356th Fighter Squadron, 9th Air Force, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He enlisted in the Army on August 5, 1940, prior to the war, in Wilmington, Delaware. He was noted as being employed as a Baker and also as Single, without dependents. He was "Killed In Action" while leading a mission over France during the war. He had served in the Air Corps for five years and was decorated with the Distinquished Flying Cross, Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, and a Purple Heart. | |
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Sources
BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE 1942-1945
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