John Charles Cunningham
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Son of James D. and Norah Cunningham, of Epsom, Surrey.
HOULGATE (BEUZEVAL) COMMUNAL CEMETERY Plot 10. Grave 6.
199 Lancaster including eight from Langar attacked Milan 15th/16th August 1943. The weather was fine but smoke from the previous night’s action left the skies hazy. Between 00.08 and 00.17 Langar crews bombed from 14,500 to 18,000 feet. German night fighters lay in wait over France but it was coastal flak which destroyed ED498.
Lancaster ED498 Sergeant J C Cunningham (FE), Pilot Officer R G Pearcey (P), Sergeant J S White AB), Sergeant J Kirkman (W/Op), Sergeant R W Wilcockson (AG), Sergeant H Clement (RCAF) (AG): killed; Flying Officer G Blakeman: prisoner of war; Lancaster ED498, 207 Squadron, aircraft failed to return from an operational flight, enemy action, Houlgate, France, 16 August 1943.
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