Ross, Donald Sprague (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1940-May-15

Flying Officer Donald Sprague Ross RAF

Birth Date: 1918-October-14

Born: Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada

Parents: Son of Ernest Warren Ross and Mary Reid (nee Sprague) Ross of Edmundston, New Brunswick

Spouse:

Home: Edmunston, New Brunswick

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAF

Unit

54 (F) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Audax Omnia Perpeti Boldness endures everything

Base

RAF Hornchurch, Essex

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/41474

Mission

Spitfire Mk Ia N3185

Combat 1940-May-15 to 1940-May-15

54 (F) Sqn (RAF) RAF Hornchurch, Essex

54 Squadron RAF (Audax omnia perpeti), RAF Hornchurch. Flying Officer Donald Sprague Ross (RAF)(Can) was killed in action when his Spitfire Ia aircraft N3185 KL-G crashed on the Thornton Park Golf Course, near Brentwood, Essex, England returning from a fighter sweep

Flying Officer Ross's body was returned to Canada and he was buried in the Family Plot in Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick

Canadians in the Royal Air Force by Les Allison, page 186

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

Unvetted Source Aviation Safety Network

Unvetted Source Crashes_in_East_Anglia.pdf

Unvetted Source FO Donald Sprauge Ross (1918-1940) - Find A Grave Memorial