Cummings Robert Regis

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Robert Regis Cummings is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

ISOB Robert Regis Cummings

Name:

Robert Regis Cummings

Rank:

Warrant Officer Second Class

Serial Number:

R/141707

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1943-12-11

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Calais Canadian War Cemetery, Leubringhen, France

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Robert Regis Cummings was born on June 16, 1914, in Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Thomas P. and Mary Cummings.

Robert served in the 617 (R.A.F.) Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Warrant Officer II during World War II. Aboard the Lancaster aircraft #ED 825, his crew took off from RAF Tempsford, England, at 20h35, for an SOE mission to northern France. Shot down flak, their aircraft crashed near the commune of Doullens, France, killing all crew members.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, francecrashes39-45.net