Cummings, James Clyde (Flying Officer)

Killed in Flying Accident 1944-11-09

Flying Officer James Clyde Cummings RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-September-20

Born: Gastonia, North Carolina

J Clyde & Doris T Cummings

Home: High Point, North Carolina, USA (parents)

Enlistment: Toronto, Ontario

Enlistment Date: 1941-12-02

Service

RCAF

Unit

10 BGS- Bombing & Gunnery School

Base

RCAF Stn. Mount Pleasant, PEI

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Flying Officer

Service Numbers

J/22018

Final Burial
Google MapOakwood Cemetery
Row 6 Grave 2

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.

link,canadaprimary,https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c12335/1142,School Daily Diary Entry ââ"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ 1944-11-09

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