James Dickson Cumming

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

James Cumming was Navigator on B-17 # 42-3249 of 96th Bomber Group / 413th Bomber Squadron, shot down 16 December 1943 by enemy fighters over Zauider Zee, Holland. Killed in Action (KIA) - Missing Air Crew Report - MACR 1569.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

William Joseph Dwelley

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39192685
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner

Robert Lloyd Evans

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35310616
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Arthur B Frankel

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-676246
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

Carl Edison Greer

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-532903
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Theodore J Meschievitz

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36231415
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

42-3249

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 413th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

16 December 1943

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Netherlands 16 December 1943 His remains were never recovered

Born

Washington, USA

Other

Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten

Revisions

Date30 Sep 2016 10:25:00
ContributorLucy May
ChangesChanges to biography
Sources

Additional source from duplicate record:
Combat Chronology; Snetterton Falcons pg 88 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

Date24 Apr 2015 14:33:40
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to events
Sources

KIA and still missing

Date24 Apr 2015 13:47:18
ContributorED-BB
ChangesChanges to middlename, service number, biography, events, person associations, place associations and mission associations
Sources

MACR 1569
ABMC (American Battle Monuments Commission) website

Date27 Sep 2014 18:14:13
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1569 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database