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James Warren Cullen
James Warren Cullen
Flight Sergeant
R/76459
No 21 O.T.U., Royal Canadian Air Force
February 19, 1921
Truro, NS
January 13, 1941
Halifax, NS
August 16, 1942
21
King Tom Cemetery, Freetown, Sierra Leone
6. B. 2.
Commemorated on page 67 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on February 15
James Warren Cullen was the son of Warren Elmo and Bessie Gladys Cullen. He was a student at
Mt Allison University, New Brunswick prior to his
enlistment.
Flight Sergeant Cullen died on August 16,
1942 in No. 34 General Hospital, Freetown, West
Africa from injuries sustained in a flying
accident during training at RAF Hastings.
His aircraft (Wellington MK IC No. HX/603)
crashed and burned at take-off.