Gilbert John Richard

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John Richard Gilbert is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Panels

ISOB John Richard Gilbert

Name:

John Richard Gilbert

Rank:

Sergeant

Serial Number:

R/109675

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Date of Death:

1942-08-06

State:

Michigan

Cemetery:

Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen, Nijmegen Municipality, Gelderland, Netherlands

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John Richard Gilbert was born on October 28, 1922, in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan. He served in the #78 Squadron (Nemo Non Paratus) of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Sergeant during World War II. On August 6, 1942, his crew took off at 21:55 hrs for an operation at Bochum in Germany. Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Hans-Dieter Frank & Unteroffizier Erich Gotter of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield. Sergeant Gilbert was killed in this incident.

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