Service Details
Name:
 CORNISH
Given Name:
 JAMES HENRY
Initials:
 J H
Service No:
 1268027
Rank:
 Leading Aircraftman
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Date of Death:
 1943-10-30
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Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Died of injuries, Wellington 1C DV492, with ten other airmen, swung on take off and hit a 3 ton truck. Cornish died 2 days later of injuries, the Wellington had a full overload tank and burst into flames on impact but the crew escaped with burns
Additional
Information:
Son of James and Maud Louise Cornish; husband of Jessie Joyce Cornish, of Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 5. H. 9.

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