Robert Morison Cumming
Person details
| Forename(s) | Robert Morison |
|---|---|
| Surname | Cumming |
| Rank | Flying Officer (Pilot) |
| Regiment | RAFVR |
| Age | 20 |
| Death | Missing, presumed killed in action |
| Place of Death | Western Europe > Germany |
| Date of Death | 03/12/1942 |
| Year of Entry | 1935 |
| House Letter | H |
| School Notes | - |
| Comments |
Not listed in WW2 photo album War record of 103 Squadron http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/103_wwII.html Reminiscence of 103 Squadron from the BBC Archives http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/81/a4562381.shtml http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/103squadron.cfm |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 103 Squadron |
| Prefect | House Prefect |
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| Burial or Cemetery | Germany > Durnbach |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Prep School | Banstead Hall |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary | June 13 1943. In February, 1943, previously reported missing, now believed killed on air operations, Robert Morison Cumming, FIg. Off., R.A.F.V.R. (Smale's, H) 1935-39. Robert Cumming was in every way typical of that generation of Smale's boys which always gave its Social a character peculiarly its own. He was, like so many of them, a confirmed individualist, but able, as they all were, to sink his individuality in the vigorous life of his Social. He was a House Prefect, a prominent member of the 1st XV and rowed in the 3rd VIII. After leaving Radley he went to Trinity College, Cambridge, and from there to the R.A. F . in 1941 . His death goes to swell the already long list of his Smale's friends and contemporaries. |
| Service Number | 122943 |
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