Cumming, Leonard Allan (Warrant Officer )

Killed in Action 1943-February-05

Warrant Officer Leonard Allan Cumming RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-June-25

Born: Vancouver, British Columbia

Parents: Helen A. Cumming

Spouse:

Home: Port Alberni, British Columbia (mother)

Enlistment: Vancouver, British Columbia

Enlistment Date: 1941-May-23

Service

RCAF

Unit

50 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Sic Fidem Servamus Thus we keep faith

Base

RAF Skellingthorpe

Rank

Warrant Officer

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/106631

Home
Google MapPort Alberni, British Columbia (mother)
Target
Google MapTurin Italy
Temporary Burial
Google MapLe Petit Lac Cemetery, Oran, Algeria

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapLe Petit Lac Cemetery
Plot E Row C Grave 18

Took off from Skellingthorpe at 18:25 in Lancaster Mk III on an operation to Turin, Italy.

Aircraft crashed north-east of Fez, near Ajnoul at Taza, French Morocco for reasons unknown (not enemy action).

Killed includes Cumming; Flight Sergeant Nelson Earl Holness RCAF R/104814 KIA Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Algeria, Plot E. Row C. Grave 7. Flight Sergeant Mathew Simpson Napier RCAF R/114490 KIA Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Plot E. Row C. Grave 9. Flying Officer Keith Campbell Johanson RAF pilot KIA Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Plot E. Row C. Grave 13. Sergeant Gerald MacNess Bown RAF KIA Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Plot E. Row C. Grave 19. Sergeant David Livingston RAF KIA Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Plot E. Row C. Grave 12. Sergeant George Robinson RAF KIA Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Plot E. Row C. Grave 8.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Commonwealth War Grave Commission Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave Finadagrave.com

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

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster ED527

Sergeant Gerald Macness Bown RAFVR

Sergeant Bown, Gerald Macness (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1943-February-05
Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Oran, Algeria

Warrant Officer Leonard Allan Cumming RCAF

Warrant Officer Cumming, Leonard Allan (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-February-05
Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Oran, Algeria

Flight Sergeant Nelson Earl Holness RCAF

Flight Sergeant Holness, Nelson Earl (RCAF)
Wireless Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-February-05
Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Oran, Algeria

Flying Officer Keith Campbell Johanson RNZAF

Flying Officer Johanson, Keith Campbell (RNZAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-February-05
cemetery unknown

Sergeant David Livingston RAFVR

Sergeant Livingston, David (RAFVR)
Navigator/Bomber
Killed in Action
1943-February-05
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Matthew Simpson Napier RCAF

Flight Sergeant Napier, Matthew Simpson (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-February-05
Le Petit Lac Cemetery, Oran, Algeria

Sergeant George Robinson RAFVR

Sergeant Robinson, George (RAFVR)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-February-05
cemetery unknown

Mission

Lancaster Mk.I/III ED527

Bombing Turin Italy 1943-February-05 to 1943-February-05

50 (B) Sqn (RAF) Skellingthorpe

188 aircraft - 77 Lancasters - 55 Halifaxes - 50 Stirlings - 6 Wellingtons - 3 Lancasters lost.

156 aircraft reached and bombed Turinn, causing serious and widespread damage. The brief local report states that 29 people were killed and 53 injured. source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt

50 Squadron (From Defence To Attack). Target - Turin, Italy. Lancaster aircraft ED 527 crashed north-east of Fez, near Ajnoul at Taza, French Morocco.Warrant Officer L.A. Cumming, Sergeant M.S. Napier and four of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed