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their movements was therefore vital. 40 Squadron was using El Adem, Libya, as its
th
landing ground and was serving 13 Corps. On 16 April Lt. Norman Ross took off on a
reconnaissance flight over Gazala Island but lost his life on being shot down over the sea
by anti-aircraft fire. He was not yet 21 years old.
He is commemorated on the El Alamein Memorial, Plaque 267. He was survived by his
parents Surgeon-Commander and Mrs. Campbell Ross of “The Dinghy”, 189 Main Road,
Kalk Bay, and his elder brother Lt. Clavil Campbell Ross.
Sources: OD Magazine, 1942; Brown, J. A., 1974; Michael Schoeman; SA Archives.
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