Cumming, Alister Godfrey (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-November-06

Flight Sergeant Alister Godfrey Cumming RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-May-22

Born: Foam Lake Saskatchewan

Parents: Alexander & Alice Margaret Cumming

Spouse:

Home: Vancouver, British Columbia (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

218 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
In Time

Base

RAF Downham Market

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Bomb Aimer

Service Numbers

R/87313

Home
Google MapVancouver, British Columbia (parents)
Final Burial
Google MapCimetiere de l'Ouest
Plot H Row A Grave 12

Took off from Downham Market at 16:56 in Stirling Mk I (Sqn code HA-Y Bomber Command) to lay mines (Gardening) in the estuary of the River Gironde, France.

Aircraft was was shot down by marine flak, and crashed near the village of Lambarquet in Lanrodec, France

Killed includes Cumming: Sergeant Edward Carl Kehl RCAF R/106392 KIA St. Brieuc Western Communal Cemetery, Plot H. Row A. Grave 11.

POWs: Sergeant John Joseph Charles Sheridan RCAF R/101343 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Galbraith Michael Bullen Hyde RAF POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Sergeant Deryk Lionel Ashmead-Bartlett RAF POW Stalag Luft L1 Barth Vogelsang. Sergeant Edward Eric Harrison RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant Donald Leslie Spriggs RAF POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug.

Unvetted Source perts raf-Absa 39-45

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)