Career
Ross flew the Lockheed P-38 Lightning as a photo-recon pilot out of Royal Air Force Mount Farm in England during the war. Ross" missions, which were integral to Allied victory at the Battle of the Bulge are detailed in the book, Eyes of the Eighth: A Story of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, 1942-1945. On three separate missions, Ross" plane was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea.
He also flew reconnaissance for Operation Aphrodite missions, which utilized radio-controlled bombers as PGM. Additional to reconnaissance missions to plot bombing runs, he also flew missions to photograph damage assessment.
One of his photographs of the Cologne Cathedral still standing amongst the rumble is credited to Ross in several books Born in Coleman, Oklahoma, Ross owned and operated a restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ross died in 2013 in Florida at the age of 95.