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CUMMING, James Dickson - Date of
birth
8 September 1920 -
Age
23 - Place of
birth
Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia -
Hometown
Norfolk County, Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-682305 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
413th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
16 December 1943 - Place of
death
Off the northern tip of Texel Island, The Netherlands
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
John W. Cumming (father)
Mary D. Cumming (mother)
John T. Cumming (brother)
Evelyn J. (Ficcara) Cumming (wife)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-3249 -
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port area
MACR: 1569
More information
2nd Lt. James D. Cumming attended college and was an actor.He volunteered for the Army of the United States in Richmond, Virginia on 3 April 1942.
The airplane was lost as the result of enemy aircraft attacks and was last seen near the Dutch coast. It is assumed the airplane crashed into the sea, north of Texel. All crew members are still missing in action and are all remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten.
Lt. James D. Cumming is remembered with a memorial at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirschwww.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.fold3.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930-1940 census, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014; New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - SWF, www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=117902