Cumming, James Graig
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | James Graig |
Surname | Cumming |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | DFM |
Date of Death | 23-04-1944 |
Next of Kin |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | HX291 |
Markings | BM-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 5. E. 19-25. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 151 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1343298 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 433 (Porcupine) |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Hamonterweg, Lozen, Limburg Province |
Country | Belgium |
Memorial Type | Memorial stone & inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | De Britse bommenwerper Halifax HX 291 stortte heir te Lozen - Bocholt in Veldhoven neer - 22 April 1944 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-04-1944 |
End Date | 23-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skipton on Swale |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Düsseldorf. 596 aircraft, 29 losses (4.9%). 2150 tones of bombs were dropped, causing considerable damage, mainly to the northern districts. 56 large industrial premises were hit, of which 7 were destroyed. More than 2000 homes were destroyed, 883 people killed and 593 injured, although these figures were compiled before all the missing had been dug out. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter from 18000' near Weert, Holland. Abandoned whilst on fire, the aircraft then crashed near Meeuwen, Holland |