Regiment: R.A.F..
Died: 13 July 1943 aged 30 in Italy. Missing in raid on Turin.
Battle: Bomber Command. Cemetery: Runnymede Memorial Panel 119
Son of Robert and Ruby Lydia Gibbs, of Petra, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
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467 Sqdn. Royal Air Force
The squadron flew Avro Lancaster heavy bombers and formed part of No. 5 Group, RAF Bomber Command. It flew its first operation on 2 January 1943, laying mines off the French coast near Furze. It then conducted raids on Germany, France, Norway, Czechoslovakia, and Italy.
13th July 1943. This was a dark and dismal 13th for the squadron, for we lost 3 valuable crew, namely F/L Gibbs, F/O Mitchell and F/Sgt Chapman. F/L Gibbs was acting as Flight Commander at the time on the raid to Turin.
July 1943 Ops, AIR-27_1930_13
July 1943 Ops Detail AIR-27_1930_14