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Military service
Service number:
J/9288
Age:
19
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
207 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 10, 1942
The North Sea
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Grave 731.
Additional information
Son of David McIvor and Viola Grace Ross (nee Wingrove), of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross
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Memorial Plaque
The memorial at De La Salle College (Oaklands) Toronto to the former students killed in the Second World War. -
Cemetery
Burial of P/O Ross and Sgt. F. R. Carter.<BR> Photo by Lemvig Kirkegaard and courtesy of Airwar Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com -
Funeral
Photo of burial of Sgt. F. R. Carter, RAF, and P/O (WAG) Donald Ross taken by Lemvig Kirkegaard. Photo and information about crash courtesy of Airwar Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com <P> Lancaster R5628 of 207 (RAF) Sqn. and was on Gardening (mining) operation to Silverthorn.(Kattegat)<P> On the return flight the aircraft was attacked by a German night fighter and crashed at 04:09 into the sea some 10 kilometres south west of Thyborøn killing all onboard. Flt.Engr. Sgt Francis R. Carter and W/Op-Air Gnr. P/O Donald W. Ross RCAF were on 14/9 1942 laid to rest in Lemvig cemetery. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star February 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
From the Toronto Star April 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram October 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram November 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Donald Wingrove Ross
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 111 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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