Major Charles A. Ross USAF Retired died 21 December 2014. He was born in Moberly, Missouri 7 July 1922, third son of Fred Ross and Emma Hessler. He attended school in Moberly, MO and Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA. He entered military service March 1942. He graduated from USAAF pilot training April 1943. In 1946 while stationed in Germany he met Elfriede Paula Doblasky and they were married in 1948. He served in the USAAF and USAF for 24 years during which time he was assigned duties as Aircraft Maintenance Officer, Flight Test Engineer, Aeronautical Engineer, Technical Intelligence Officer, Commander of Air/Sea Rescue unit, Special Missions Pilot, Pilot in Berlin Air Lift, Instrument Flight Examiner and Test Pilot, and personal pilot for three Generals. He retired in the rank of Major and Command Pilot. He was also a pilot for Western Airlines and propellant manager for the qualifying and testing the descent engines of the lunar excursion modules of the Apollo moon-landing missions. After his retirement he served on the staffs of the Air Force Museum in Sacramento, CA and The Air and Military Museum of the Ozarks in Springfield, MO. Graveside service with full military honors will be Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at 12 p.m. at Missouri Veterans Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.gormanscharpf.com.