Flight Sergeant (Nav.) Royal Canadian Air Force. Age 26. Service No: R/144951. Son of Phillip and Elisabeth Cornell; husband of Margaret Francis Cornell, of Ventnor, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Flight Sergeant Michael Henry Cornell SN R/144951
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Group: Bomber Command Operational Training
Squadron: 10 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit (OAFU) RAF
Air Field: RAF Station Dumfries, Tinwald, Scotland
Aircraft: Avro Anson Type 652 Mk I #DJ239
Duties: Navigator
Deceased: May 31, 1943 Aged 29
Crash Site: Ellenborough Road and the nearby railway line, just east of Maryport, Cumbria, England
Mission: Training flight, killed in a mid-air collision at 3:15 p.m. May 31, 1943 with a Vickers Wellington Type 271 Mk XIII #HZ637, with fellow crew members;
R.A.F. Flight Lieutenant William John Calver - Pilot Age 32
R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer Alexander Ivor MacRae - Pilot Age 28
R.A.F.V.R. Sgt. Thomas Green - Wireless Op/Air Gunner Age 28
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Geoffrey Basil Temple Wymer - Navigator Age "Unknown"
R.A.A.F. Sergeant John Thomas Sutherland - Wireless Op/Air Gunner Age 24
Citation(s): 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp & War Medal 1939-45.
Memorial(s):
- Page 148 World War II Book of Remembrance, Memorial Chamber, Canadian Parliament Peace Tower, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Next of Kin: Son of Phillip Arthur Cohen and Elisabeth Kornberg (nee Nathan) Cornell of New York, New York, U.S.A.; husband of Margaret Frances(nee Price) Cornell, of Ventnor, New Jersey, U.S.A. Brother of Basil and Justin, Gillian and Patricia.
Contributor: Gregory Greer (50368468) •
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Flight Sergeant Michael Henry Cornell SN R/144951
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Group: Bomber Command Operational Training
Squadron: 10 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit (OAFU) RAF
Air Field: RAF Station Dumfries, Tinwald, Scotland
Aircraft: Avro Anson Type 652 Mk I #DJ239
Duties: Navigator
Deceased: May 31, 1943 Aged 29
Crash Site: Ellenborough Road and the nearby railway line, just east of Maryport, Cumbria, England
Mission: Training flight, killed in a mid-air collision at 3:15 p.m. May 31, 1943 with a Vickers Wellington Type 271 Mk XIII #HZ637, with fellow crew members;
R.A.F. Flight Lieutenant William John Calver - Pilot Age 32
R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer Alexander Ivor MacRae - Pilot Age 28
R.A.F.V.R. Sgt. Thomas Green - Wireless Op/Air Gunner Age 28
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Geoffrey Basil Temple Wymer - Navigator Age "Unknown"
R.A.A.F. Sergeant John Thomas Sutherland - Wireless Op/Air Gunner Age 24
Citation(s): 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp & War Medal 1939-45.
Memorial(s):
- Page 148 World War II Book of Remembrance, Memorial Chamber, Canadian Parliament Peace Tower, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Next of Kin: Son of Phillip Arthur Cohen and Elisabeth Kornberg (nee Nathan) Cornell of New York, New York, U.S.A.; husband of Margaret Frances(nee Price) Cornell, of Ventnor, New Jersey, U.S.A. Brother of Basil and Justin, Gillian and Patricia.
Contributor: Gregory Greer (50368468) •
Flight Sergeant (Nav.) Royal Canadian Air Force. Age 26. Service No: R/144951. Son of Phillip and Elisabeth Cornell; husband of Margaret Francis Cornell, of Ventnor, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Flight Sergeant Michael Henry Cornell SN R/144951
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Group: Bomber Command Operational Training
Squadron: 10 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit (OAFU) RAF
Air Field: RAF Station Dumfries, Tinwald, Scotland
Aircraft: Avro Anson Type 652 Mk I #DJ239
Duties: Navigator
Deceased: May 31, 1943 Aged 29
Crash Site: Ellenborough Road and the nearby railway line, just east of Maryport, Cumbria, England
Mission: Training flight, killed in a mid-air collision at 3:15 p.m. May 31, 1943 with a Vickers Wellington Type 271 Mk XIII #HZ637, with fellow crew members;
R.A.F. Flight Lieutenant William John Calver - Pilot Age 32
R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer Alexander Ivor MacRae - Pilot Age 28
R.A.F.V.R. Sgt. Thomas Green - Wireless Op/Air Gunner Age 28
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Geoffrey Basil Temple Wymer - Navigator Age "Unknown"
R.A.A.F. Sergeant John Thomas Sutherland - Wireless Op/Air Gunner Age 24
Citation(s): 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp & War Medal 1939-45.
Memorial(s):
- Page 148 World War II Book of Remembrance, Memorial Chamber, Canadian Parliament Peace Tower, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Next of Kin: Son of Phillip Arthur Cohen and Elisabeth Kornberg (nee Nathan) Cornell of New York, New York, U.S.A.; husband of Margaret Frances(nee Price) Cornell, of Ventnor, New Jersey, U.S.A. Brother of Basil and Justin, Gillian and Patricia.
Contributor: Gregory Greer (50368468) •
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
Flight Sergeant Michael Henry Cornell SN R/144951
Service: Royal Canadian Air Force
Group: Bomber Command Operational Training
Squadron: 10 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit (OAFU) RAF
Air Field: RAF Station Dumfries, Tinwald, Scotland
Aircraft: Avro Anson Type 652 Mk I #DJ239
Duties: Navigator
Deceased: May 31, 1943 Aged 29
Crash Site: Ellenborough Road and the nearby railway line, just east of Maryport, Cumbria, England
Mission: Training flight, killed in a mid-air collision at 3:15 p.m. May 31, 1943 with a Vickers Wellington Type 271 Mk XIII #HZ637, with fellow crew members;
R.A.F. Flight Lieutenant William John Calver - Pilot Age 32
R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer Alexander Ivor MacRae - Pilot Age 28
R.A.F.V.R. Sgt. Thomas Green - Wireless Op/Air Gunner Age 28
R.A.F.V.R. Sergeant Geoffrey Basil Temple Wymer - Navigator Age "Unknown"
R.A.A.F. Sergeant John Thomas Sutherland - Wireless Op/Air Gunner Age 24
Citation(s): 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Clasp & War Medal 1939-45.
Memorial(s):
- Page 148 World War II Book of Remembrance, Memorial Chamber, Canadian Parliament Peace Tower, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Next of Kin: Son of Phillip Arthur Cohen and Elisabeth Kornberg (nee Nathan) Cornell of New York, New York, U.S.A.; husband of Margaret Frances(nee Price) Cornell, of Ventnor, New Jersey, U.S.A. Brother of Basil and Justin, Gillian and Patricia.
Contributor: Gregory Greer (50368468) •
Inscription
R.144951 Flt/Sgt
M. H. Cornell
Navigator
Royal Canadian Air Force
31st May 1943 Age 26
(Jewish emblem)
"In memoriam"
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