LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Alexander Robert ROSS
Service No: 61427
Born: Casino NSW, 10 September 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 November 1941
Unit: No. 1 Flying Instructors School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Flying Instructors School aircraft), Ontario, 21 March 1944, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Trenton (St Georges Cemetery), Ontario Canada
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alexander Richmond Ross and Eliza Maud Ross, of Eungella, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Murwillumbah NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
While practicing instrument flying on 21 March 1944, a No. 1 Flying Instructors School aircraft crashed from high altitude 5 miles south west of Mountain View aerodrome, Ontario, and both crew members were killed. The crew members were:
Pilot Officer Wilfred Gordon Craig (J/41200) (RCAF) (Student)
Pilot Officer Alexander Robert Ross (61427) (Instructor)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/36/222