Cunning, Edward William (Warrant Officer 2)

Prisoner of War 1942-September-20

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Home: Regina, Saskatchewan

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

156 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
We Light The Way

Base

RAF Warboys

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/102136
PoW: 27140

Home
Google MapRegina, Saskatchewan
Target
Google MapSaarbrücken, Germany.

Took off from Warboys in Wellington Mk III (Sqn code: GT- Bomber Command) on an operation to Saarbrucken, Germany.

Coned by searchlights in the Abbeville area and hit by flak. Abandoned near Abbeville and crew captured.

POWs includes Cunning: Warrant Officer Class 2 Vernon James Bastable RCAF R/95313 POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Sergeant Edward William Cunning RCAF R/102136 POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Sergeant William Milligan RCAF R/86381 POW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. Sergeant Earl James Scott RCAF R/92563 POW Stalag Luft L6 Heydekrug. Sergeant William Frederick Waterworth RCAF Stalag 344 Lamsdorf.

Crew or Other Personnel

Wellington BJ883

Warrant Officer 2 Vernon James Bastable RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Bastable, Vernon James (RCAF)
Pilot
Prisoner of War
1942-September-20
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 2 Edward William Cunning RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Cunning, Edward William (RCAF)
Navigator
Prisoner of War
1942-September-20
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 2 William Milligan RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Milligan, William (RCAF)

Prisoner of War
1942-September-20
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 1 Earl James Scott RCAF

Warrant Officer 1 Scott, Earl James (RCAF)

Evader
1942-September-20
cemetery unknown

Warrant Officer 2 William Frederick Waterworth RCAF

Warrant Officer 2 Waterworth, William Frederick (RCAF)
Rear Gunner
Prisoner of War
1942-September-20
cemetery unknown