Cummins, Manley Morton (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-December-24

Sergeant Manley Morton Cummins RCAF

Birth Date: 1924

Born:

Parents: Joseph Owen Cummins & Irene Isobel Cummins

Spouse:

Home: Calgary, Alberta (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

88 (MB) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
En Garde Be on you guard

Base

RAF Vitry-en-Artois, France

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/187483

Home
Google MapCalgary, Alberta (parents)
Target
Google MapGemund Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapMilitary Cemetery At Neuville-Encondroz, Belgium

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapWar Cemetery
Plot III Row C Grave 10

Boston aircraft was shot down at Hellenthal, Germany while attacking enemy troops in the Gemund, Rhineland area of Germany. They had just left the target when their aircraft was seen to go into a spin and explode on hitting the ground.

Killed includes Cummins: Flight Sergeant William John Byrne RCAF R/169241 KIA Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium. Flight Sergeant Patrick Clifford Doherty RCAF R/208103 KIA Hotton War Cemetery, Belgium.

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)