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Ross, Alexander Robert (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-March-21

Male Head

Birth Date: 1921-September-10 (age 22)

Son of Alexander Richmond Ross and Eliza Maud Ross, of Eungella, New South Wales, Australia.

Service
RAAF
Unit
1 FIS- Flying Instructor School
Base
Trenton, Ontario, Canada
Rank
Pilot Officer
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
61427
Confirmed Ancestry, Aus.DVA and RAFC Killed in an aircraft accident near Ameliasberg, 5m SW of Mountainview Aerodrome, Ontario. Casualties CRAIG, P/O Wilfred G. RCAF and ROSS, P/O Alexander R. TRENTON (ST. GEORGE'S) CEMETERY Lot 1. Plot 203.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com Find-A-Grave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Burial
Google Map St George's Cemetery, Canada
Lot 1 Plot 203 Grave 5

Crew on Cornell Mk. I FH723

Fairchild Cornell

Fairchild Cornell Mk. II
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

In early 1942, an agreement was signed between the Canadian Government and Fairchild Aircraft, which licenced Fleet Aircraft of Fort Erie, Ontario to construct the PT-26 Cornell in Canada. The first 800 Cornells used by the RCAF were supplied from Fairchild, until production commenced at Fort Erie in November 1942. By the end of the war in 1945, 2,853 Cornells had been built by Fleet - 1,565 for the RCAF and 1,288 for the RAF.

PT-26 Cornells were flown at many of the Elementary Flying Training Schools (EFTS) of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, where they replaced the Fleet Finch and the de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainers. After the Second World War, many Cornells were sold to the civilian market, but some were retained by the RCAF, where they were finally retired in 1948. CWPHM



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CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF On Strength (1590), Canadian Aircraft Losses (54)
last update: 2021-08-30 13:45:56

Cornell Mk. I FH723

Ex USAAF PT-26, serial number 42-14371. To RCAF in Canada, retained RAF serial number. With No. 1 Flying Instructor School at RCAF Station Trenton when it crashed on 21 March 1944, near Ameliasberg, Ontario (Prince Edward County, 5 miles west of Mountain View aerodrome). One wing detached in flight after spar failure, aircraft destroyed by post crash fire. Came down in a farm field on Wilson Road. Pilot Officer W.G. Craig and Pilot Officer A.R. Ross, RAAF both killed.
1942-09-30 Taken on Strength 2022-02-07
1944-March-02 Accident: 1 Flying Instructor School Loc: Aerodrome Names: Duncan | Reeder | Watson
1944-March-21 Accident: 1 Flying Instructor School Loc: Mountain View Names: Craig | Ross
1944-05-04 Struck off Strength 2022-02-07

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