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S/Sgt Herbert J. Ross was employed at Goodykoontz Drug Store.

He enlisted on 10 September 1942 in Huntington, West Virginia.

The aircraft had just dropped bombs with the formation at the target when the fighter attacked heavily damaging the ship, and shortly thereafter, it caught on fire. The aircraft fire was extremely intense throughout the ship, and the bail out order was given with every crew member abandoning the ship almost simultaneously as best recalled by the Pilot. He further noted that the aircraft caught on fire so quickly that he believed that perhaps 4 men did not have a change to bail out. He noted further that he bailed out in Germany about 3 miles from the Denmark border and about 10 miles in from the North Sea.

At the time the plane was heading westerly, but he believed it blew up before striking the ground. His report also noted that his plane was the first 392nd plane to go down of those lost at this target and the others possibly went down later into the North Sea, also.