Keith Walter Cummings

Military

Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 34 x combat missions. Flew all but four missions in B-17 42-97170 'Julie Mae'. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME (2 battle stars), Good Conduct.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 379th Bomb Group.

379th Bomb Group

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

People

Ralph Hawkins Wells

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15068797 / O-748485
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-107169

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lynne Marie

42-31592

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: No Body's Baby
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

42-38057

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Flak Rabbit
Ground personnel of the 379th Bomb Group work on a B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-H, serial number 42-38111) nicknamed "Mairzy Doats", April 1944. Image via Edmund H Lutz, 379th Bomb Group. Written on slide casing: 'April 1944, my patched up B-17 "Mairzy Doats" on hardstand.'

42-38111

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 525th Bomb Squadron

42-97170

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Julie Mae
  • Unit: 379th Bomb Group 527th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

St Lawrence County, NY 3 April 1923 Son of Ernest Lorne and Grace M Mae [Taylor] Cummings.

Enlisted

New York, NY 29 December 1941 New York City, New York.

Other

Discharged USAAF

7 September 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Tampa, FL 24 January 2003

Based

Kimbolton Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201309543/keith-walter-cummings

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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https://www.fold3.com/image/111974164?rec=112745535
https://www.fold3.com/record/8854573-keith-w-cummings
https://www.fold3.com/record/619370208-keith-cummings-1923
http://8thairforce.com/members/missionsflownby.asp?perIdentification=31…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25942852/grace-mae-cummings
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25942851/ernest-lorne-cummings

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ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / nephew, David L. Cummings; 379th Bomb Group Anthology pg 123