Canadian Virtual War Memorial
James Walter Gibbons
In memory of:
Pilot Officer James Walter Gibbons
February 20, 1944
Military Service
J/85819
32
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
429 Sqdn.
Additional Information
Son of Walter and Violet Gibbons; husband of Lorraine O'Donnell Gibbons, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 314 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Germany
8. E. 18.
The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
-
Details
Memorial – Pilot Officer James Walter Gibbons is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Details
Memorial – Pilot Officer James Walter Gibbons is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Details
Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Details
Letter – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Details
Photo of JAMES WALTER GIBBONS – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Details
Group Photo – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Details
Group Photo – F/L Stephen’s crew FTRed Leipzig 20 Feb 44. Front row L to R:, P/O Paul Alvin McIntyre (BA) age 23 RCAF killed, Sgt James Robertson Hamilton (WAG) age 34 RAFVR killed Back row L to R: Sgt Victor Earl Reed (MUG) age 21 RCAF killed, Sgt Ronald Francis Hawker (FE) RAFVR killed, P/O James Walter Gibbons (N) age 32 RCAF killed, WO2 Wilfred Harold Eugene Ostlund (RG) age 22 RCAF POW Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Details
Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Details
Biography – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Details
Grave Marker – From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Learn more about the Canadian Virtual War Memorial
To learn more please visit our help page. If you have questions or comments regarding the information contained in this registry, email or call us. For inquiries regarding the names and information found in the RCMP Honour Roll, please email the RCMP.
- Date modified: