Son of Thomas and L. Maria Ross; husband of Ella Maud Isabella Florence Ross, of Durham.
Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Flying Officer Ross was killed when Avro Lancaster II HK688 AP-W of 186 Squadron was lost on a mission to Dortmund. The Lancaster crashed near Castrop, with the loss of al seven crew members.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War: 1945; W.R. Chorley; 1998; Midland Counties Publications; ISBN 0 904597 92 X, page 67
Also lost aboard HK688 were Sgt. H. Stainthorpe and Sgt. G.E. Lowndes
John Ross is remembered in Durham on D47.025, D47.045 page 30 and D47.054
