Gibbs, William Lionel
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | William Lionel |
Surname | Gibbs |
Gender | M |
Age | 31 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-05-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Mark and Isabella Daphne Gibbs. Husband of Dorothy Jean Gibbs, of Griffith, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | W4955 |
Markings | OL-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 13. Row 7. Grave 126. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN WE WILL REMEMBER HIM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 39 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 402922 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 83 |
Trade | Wireless Operator |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Garden, Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating the Pathfinder Sqns operating from RAF Wyton, 1942-1945 |
Location | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Commemorating 83 Sqn Lancaster, one of the Pathfinder Sqn's operating from RAF Wyton 1942 - 1945 |
Location | St. Michaels's Church, Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Wooden Plaque & 83 Sqn Badge |
Memorial Text | This Chapel was furnished by members and friends of 83 Pathfinder Sqn and is dedicated to the memory of those airmen who lost their lives on flying operations from RAF Coningsby in WWII |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/687/10 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/687/9 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-05-1943 |
End Date | 13-05-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Wyton |
Day/Night Raid | Night (56% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg |
Reason for Loss | The Lancaster was badly Damaged by flak and then shot down by a night fighter, crashing near Hilversum in Holland |