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Hans Kloss's parents immigrated from Germany. He attended Chtistine High School where he participated in several sports. Together with his twin sister Margaret, he attended Texas A & I University.

Statement from 2nd Lt George A. Gammon, Co-Pilot ship #44-8113
"I saw ship #44-6552, piloted by Lt Venable, before, at the time of the flak hit, and all the way down after the flak hit. The plane was flying number four position in the high right box. The plane was on the bomb run, and no bombs had been dropped by the box when I saw the plane hit in the tail and rear waist section. Plane had right horizontal stabilizer missing, and rudder was flapping out of control. Plane pulled up out of formation, did a slow roll, and immediately started a tight spin. Plane went into a vertical dive and then into a tight spiral. When last seen plane was in a flat spin during which time one man jumped from the waist section, parachute partially opened. Plane was very low when last seen, seeming to have about three thousand to five thousand feet altitude".

His brother Henry was a gunnery officer aboard the battleship U.S.S. Massachusetts and Almuth was a chief shipfitter in the U.S. Navy in World War II.