ISOB Robert Regis Cummings -RAF Squadron 617, 'The Dambusters'
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An inscribed Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial headstone.
On December 10, 1943, four flight crews from the elite No. 617 "Dambusters" Squadron RAF were temporarily detached to RAF Tempsford to conduct highly secretive Special Operations Executive (SOE) supply drop missions (codenamed "arms drops") to the French Resistance. Lancaster ED 825, one of the original "Dambuster" aircraft, was shot down during this operation. The entire crew was killed in action during this covert mission to include two Americans, Warrant Officer Edward Walters (Bombardier) and Warrant Officer Robert Cummings (Rear Gunner).
See Site Meharicourt Communal Cemetery, ISOB Edward Joseph Walters - RAF Squadron 617, 'The Dambusters' for crewmate Warrant Officer Walters grave.
Note: Lancaster ED 825 was piloted by Joseph Charles "Joe" McCarthy DSO DFC and BAR
- The RCAF's American Dambuster, during the famous 1943 Dam Raids.
Source: https://wingleader.co.uk/last-of-the-dambusters
Monument Text:
R.141707 WARRANT OFFICER II
R. CUMMINGS
AIR GUNNER
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
11TH DECEMBER 1943
ETERNAL REST
GRANT UNTO HIM, O LORD;
AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT
SHINE UPON HIM
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Royal Canadian Air Force
SOE
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Operation Carpetbagger