Cunningham, Robert Norval (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-May-11

Sergeant Robert Norval Cunningham RCAF

Birth Date: 1922-December-28

Born: Crossbasket Lanark Scotland

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Spouse:

Home: Buchanan, New York, USA

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

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

Base

RAF Skellingthorpe

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/198321

Home
Google MapBuchanan, New York, USA
Target
Google MapLille France
Final Burial
Google MapChurchyard
Coll grave 11

Took off from Skellingthorpe at 22:16 in Lancaster Mk III (Sqn code VN-C Bomber Command) on an operation to bomb the railway yards at Lille, France.

Shot down (means not found) and crashed at Oostvlieteren (West Vlaanderen), Belgium.

Killed includes Cunningham: Pilot Officer Wallace Milton Ross RCAF J/90046 KIA Oostvleteren Churchyard, Belgium, Coll grave 11. Flight Sergeant Donald Faulkner Ball RAF KIA Oostvleteren Churchyard, Sergeant Leonard Craven RAF KIA Oostvleteren Churchyard, Belgium Flight Sergeant James Reginald Elliott RAF KIA Oostvleteren Churchyard, Belgium Sergeant Douglas St. Clair Ingram RAF KIA Oostvleteren Churchyard, Belgium Pilot Officer Frank Stuart McFarlin RAF KIA Oostvleteren Churchyard, Belgium.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

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