Gibb, William Edgar (Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1941-July-17

Sergeant William Edgar Gibb RCAF

Birth Date: 1918-May-31

Born: Munson Alberta

Parents: Son of Andrew and Claudia Gibb, of Munson, Alberta.

Spouse: Husband of Jessie Gibb.

Home: Munson, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

40 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Hostem A Coelo Expellere To drive the enemy from the sky

Base

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Observer

Service Numbers

R/60227

Home
Google MapMunson, Alberta
Final Burial
Google MapScottow Cemetery
Grave 254
40 Squadron (Hostem A Coelo Expellere). Wellington aircraft X 3220 was returning from operations over Hamburg, Germany when the pilot was blinded by the glare of a searchlight. The aircraft went out of control at four hundred feet and crashed two miles north-east of Great Yarmouth, West Caister, England. Five RAF members of the crew, Squadron Leader R.G. Weighin, Sergeants R.D. Hesketh, D.A. Price, V.H. Lang, and Pilot Officer A.W. Wilson were also killed. Wellington aircraft X 3220 was found and dug up by the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum forty years later.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)