Hector Scott Keable ROSS

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ROSS, Hector Scott Keable

Service Number:	412832
Enlisted:	20 July 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 107 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Oakey, Queensland, Australia, 13 March 1921
Home Town:	Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Schooling:	Tweed Heads Primary School (1930-33), and later the Tweed Heads Post-Primary School.
Occupation:	Banana Grower
Died:	Flying Battle, Normandy, France, 5 July 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Bayeux War Cemetery, Normandy, France XII. E. 20
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

20 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
20 Jul 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 412832, Aircrew Training Units
22 Jul 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme, Killed in action Normandy area
5 Jul 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 412832, No. 107 Squadron (RAF) , Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Killed inaction Normandy area - --- non_ww1_honour_roll_import: SUBJECT: Second World War, 1939-1945 CONFLICT: World War 2 SERVICE_NUMBER: '412832' NAME: Ross, Hector Scott Keable RANK: Flying Officer UNIT: No. 107 Squadron (RAF) DATE_OF_DEATH: '1944-07-05' PLACE_OF_DEATH: France CAUSE_OF_DEATH: Flying Battle AGE_AT_DEATH: PLACE_OF_ASSOCIATION: CEMETERY_MEMORIAL: Bayeux War Cemetery NOTE:

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Mosquito NS886 of Number 107 Squadron RAF crashed in Normandy, France killing:

Flying Officer Ross 412832 RAAF (Pilot) - Son of Charles Simpson Scott Ross and Beatrice Charlotte Ross of Lismore, NSW

Flying Officer Jack Roland Green 137152 RAF (Navigator) - Son of George Herbert Green and of Rosa Florence Green of Kensington, London

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