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Military service
Service number:
R/109675
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
78 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
August 6, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. G. 1.
Digital gallery of Sergeant John Richard Gilbert
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Grave marker
W/O John Gilbert was a Airgunner on Halifax W1180 78 Squaron who crashed on August 6th 1942 at Posterholt-Holland, after shot down by a German nightfighter Lt. Hans Dieter Frank 2./NJG1. It was Lt. Frank's 9 victory.......<P> Photo source: Michel Beckers Holland -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant John Richard Gilbert is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Sergeant John Richard Gilbert is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Gilbert
Digital gallery of
Sergeant John Richard Gilbert
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