Name:
Robert Norval Cunningham
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
R/198321
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1944-05-11
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Oostvleteren Churchyard, Oostvleteren, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
Plot:
Coll. grave 11.
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Robert Norval Cunningham was born on December 28, 1922, in Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was the son of George Cunningham and Mary Laurie (nee Dougan) Cunningham, of Buchanan, New York.
Robert served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Sergeant during World War II. He was on Lancaster aircraft #LM 429 lost during a night trip to Lille, France. The aircraft was shot down by Hptm Adolf Brevesof IV./NJG1 over Vleteren and crashed in Oostvleteren, near Ypres, Belgium.
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