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James Clyde Cummings

In memory of:

Flying Officer James Clyde Cummings

November 9, 1944
Richmond, Prince Edward Island

Military Service


Service Number:

J/22018

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information


Born:

September 20, 1920
Gastonia, North Carolina

Enlistment:

December 2, 1941
Toronto, Ontario

Son of J. Clyde and Doris T. Cummings, of High Point, North Carolina.

Commemorated on Page 284 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

HIGH POINT (OAK WOOD) CEMETERY
North Carolina, United States of America

Grave Reference:

Row 6. Grave 2.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of JAMES CLYDE CUMMINGS– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JAMES CLYDE CUMMINGS– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of JAMES CLYDE CUMMINGS– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Gravemarker of F/O James Clyde Cummings RCAF at Oakwood Municipal Cemetery, High Point, North Carolina, U.S.A. 

F/O Cummings was killed  at the age of 24 while on active service at No. 10 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward Island when his Bristol Fairchild Bolingbroke (RCAF 10094) crashed at Richmond, Prince Edward Island during a training exercise on November 9, 1944.

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