Harold Ross
Capt. Harold Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Ross McFaddin, city, learned last week that their son-in-law, Capt Harold Ross, was killed instantly on July 4, when the B-25 Mitchell bomber which he was flying plunged into the ground near high tension wires at Memphis, Tenn. Capt. Ross was flying safety supervisor of the Central Sector of the Ferrying Division, stationed with Army Air Forces base unit at Fairfax Field, Kansas City, Mo.
Captain Ross' parents came from his home in New York to accompany the body home for burial. His wife, a Wave stationed at Memphis, went with them to New York. The young couple were married six months ago and were planning on a trip to Paintsville in August.
The McFaddins have lost one son, Virgil, who was killed in the African battle, and another son Russell, has been a prisoner of the Germans two years.
ŠPaintsville Herald
Thursday
7-20-1944