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CUMMINGS, Vernon Fay - Date of
birth
7 October 1919 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Phillips, Price County, Wisconsin -
Hometown
Price County, Wisconsin
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
36280103 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Right Waist Gunner -
Unit
732nd Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
8 May 1944 - Place of
death
Hoya, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 42 | 23 |
Immediate family
-
Members
James Cummings (father)
Cora (Sheffer) Cummings (mother)
Arnold Cummings (brother)
Joyce Cummings (sister)
Bobby Cummings (brother)
Marie H. Cummings (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-52147 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the industrial area
MACR: 4593
More information
T/Sgt Vernon F. Cummings worked in a paint factory. He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 3 November 1942.According to crew members of other airplanes, the plane exploded in mid-air.
According to S/Sgt Soltau, who survived the crash, S/Sgt Sliff was knocked unconscious by ammo-cans from the upper turret and he was caught in the explosion.
The killed crew members were initially buried at the Jewish Cemetery of Hoya on 10 May 1944.
T/Sgt Vernon F. Cummings is remembered with a memorial marker at Emery Cemetery in Dover, Price County, Wisconsin.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, Cummings Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Lois Palecek
Photo source: www.findagrave.com