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Military service
Service number:
R/77691
Age:
27
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
178 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
September 4, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. B. 2.
Additional information
Son of William Thomas Gibbs and Amelia Jane Gibbs, of Brantford, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Cyril William Gibbs
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Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Flight Sergeant Cyril William Gibbs is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Flight Sergeant Cyril William Gibbs is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave marker
Flight Sergeant Cyril William Gibbs R/77691 RCAF was killed in the loss of Halifax II BB414 from 178 (RAF) Squadron - also killed were: Flight Sergeant Ralph William COOKE (RNZAF 413027 Pilot) / Flight Sergeant Lu Henry KAINAMU (RNZAF 413087 Air Gunner) / Sergeant Herbert Richard MANTLE (RAF 1390374 Navigator)
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Cyril William Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Cyril William Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Cyril William Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Cyril William Gibbs
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Cyril William Gibbs
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 162 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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