Herbert W Cumming
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) on 7-Nov-43 as pilot of P-38H 42-67039, 20FG/79FS when the aircraft was attacked by FW190s and crashed into the English Channel while on a mission to escort B-26 bombers of 9th Air Force on a mission to attack Montdidier, France.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: 20th Fighter Group 79th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 7 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Kingscliffe, Apethorpe
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
English Channel | 7 November 1943 | Killed when his aircraft was shot down by German fighters and crashed into the Englaish Channel on a mission ot escort bombers of 9th Air Force. |
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Born |
Weatherford, Texas | ||
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Other Commemorated |
Neupré, Belgium | Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing, Ardennes American Cemetery. |
Revisions
Lee Cunningham 9-Jul-2015. Added Decorations and Commemorated event per American Battle Monuments Comission (ABMC) records; Added KIA notes per MACR 1265; Added SUmmary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1265 / MACR 1265, King's Cliffe Memorial Edition, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFS Vol. I p.361 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database