In Memory Of

CORNISH, JAMES HENRY

Service Details
Age:
 35
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 1268027
Rank:
 Leading Aircraftman
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1943-10-30
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 5. H. 9.
Cemetery:
 ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Country:
 Egypt
Additional Information
Son of James and Maud Louise Cornish; husband of Jessie Joyce Cornish, of Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province, South Africa.