The Airmen's Stories - P/O A R Ross

Alexander Richard Ross, of Surbiton, was educated at Haileybury College and then at Imperial College, where he studied Engineering. He was a member of the London University Air Squadron in 1938. He joined the RAFVR in June 1939 as an Airman u/t Pilot. Called up on 1st September 1939 he completed his training, was commissioned and joined 610 Squadron at Acklington on September 22nd 1940.

Ross was shot down by return fire from a Ju88 he had engaged over Portsmouth on April 15th 1941. He crashed into the sea in Spitfire P7684 and is believed to have drowned.

Ross was 21 and is buried in Surbiton Cemetery, Surrey.