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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Robert Cummings

Hometown

Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS II AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 617 'DAMBUSTERS' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS AVRO LANCASTER MK III (ED825/G) WAS HIT BY ENEMY FLAK AT LOW ALTITUDE, BURST INTO FLAMES AND CRASHED NEAR DOULLENS, SOMME, FRANCE DURING SPECIAL OPERATIONS ON DECEMBER 11, 1943. BURIED AT CALAIS CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, LEUBRINGHEN, PAS DE CALAIS, FRANCE.