Birth Date: 1920-September-20
Born: Gastonia, North Carolina
Parents: J Clyde & Doris T Cummings
Spouse:
Home: High Point, North Carolina, USA (parents)
Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment Date: 1941-December-02
Service
RCAF
Unit
10 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School
Base
RCAF Stn. Mount Pleasant, PEI
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/22018
Flying Officer J.C. Cummings was engaged in a camera gun exercise and was killed when Bolingbroke aircraft 10094 crashed one mile south-east of Richmond, PEI.
The a/c's dinghy and cover became detached after a violent manoeuvre, and the a/c then dived into the ground. He was the only crewman on board at the time.
This accident involved 1 aircraft on 1944-November-09. Bolingbroke IV s/n 10094.
This accident involved 1 person. Cummings JC
This accident had 1 fatality. Flying Officer James Clyde Cummings RCAF Killed in Flying Accident service no:J/22018 Bolingbroke 10094
RCAF.info - RCAF Station Mount Pleasant PEI
High Point, North Carolina, USA (parents)
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
University Of PEI - 10 BGS History
YouTube - Valour Canada Aerodrome of Democracy