Lummis, James Cornwallis
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | James Cornwallis |
Surname | Lummis |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 17-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Wallace James Hamilton Lummis and Sarah Agnes Lummis (née Miller), of Lakefield, Provine of Québec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ297 |
Markings | WL-Z |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 13. Row 1. Grave 2. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 201 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/28211 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 434 (Bluenose) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Race Control Building, Croft Auto Circuit, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Roadside Location, A167, Dalton on Tees, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial topped with metal statue |
Memorial Text | In memory of those who served at RAF Croft, 1941-1945 including 419 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone with inscribed Metal Plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 434 Sqn RCAF |
Location | Former Control Tower, old Tholthorpe airfield site, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RCAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 434 Sqn RCAF |
Miscellaneous Information
James was born at Lakefield, P.Q on 21 September 1920. His father, deceased, was a clergyman and born in Sorel and his mother born in Maniwaki, Quebec. He had six brothers and three sisters. The schools he attended were Morin Heights, Intermediate 1927-1936 (general) and Montreal High School 1936-1940 (classical). His sporting intersts included rugby, hockey and track. James worked as a tinsmith at Liquid Carbonic, Cabot Street 1940-1940 and then became a parachute Corder at Canadian Parachute until enlisting on 17 August 1942. |
After training he embarked from New York on 3 August 1943, and reached the U.K. and 3 PRC on 12 August. He then went on to 3 (0) AFU on 24 August 1943, 22 OTU 5 October 1943, 61 Base 8 February 1944 and 434 Squadron on 20 March 1944. James sadly lost his life a few months later on 17 June 1944. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 16-06-1944 |
End Date | 17-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Croft |
Day/Night Raid | Night (16% moon) |
Operation | Sterkrade to bomb a synthetic oil plant, despite a poor local weather forecast The target was indeed covered in thick cloud and the PFF markers were not easily visible. Bombing was scattered as a result and there was little impact on production. The bomber stream passed within 30 miles of the Tame Boar night-fighter beacon that was being used that night, resulting in large bomber losses on the approach. Total losses for the night were 31 aircraft (13.6%) although losses among certain squadrons were higher still- notably 77 Sqn which Lost 7 of its 23 aircraft (30.3%). |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near Alphen aan den Rijn, south Holland |