Gilbert, Joseph Theodore Louis Philippe (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1942-September-21

Flight Sergeant Joseph Theodore Louis Philippe Gilbert RCAF

Birth Date: 1920-March-31

Born: Beauce, Quebec

Parents: Son of Joseph Thodore Gilbert and Marie Louise Poulin, of Limoilou, Quebec.

Spouse:

Home: Limoilou, Quebec

Enlistment: Quebec City, Quebec

Enlistment Date: 1941-February-10

Service

RCAF

Unit

1 (C) OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Slilloth

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Wireless Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/55814

Final Burial
Google MapSt Patrick Churchyard
Grave 344

1 Operational Training Unit, based at RAF Slilloth (part of Coastal Command). Hudson AM608 was on a night training flight when it flew into a hillside at Kirkrnichael, Isle of Man. Flight Sergeants,Gilbert, Kelner,Wells, and Sergeant Gardner (RAFVR), were killed.

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F/S Gilbert (centre) on convoy ship. RMS Acquitania in the background
Tiger Moth with WAG radio training set

Tiger Moths RAF Slilloth

Mission

Hudson Mk. V AM608

Operational 1942-September-21 to 1942-September-21

(C) OTU (RAF) RAF Slilloth

1 Operational Training Unit, based at RAF Slilloth (part of Coastal Command). Hudson AM608 was on a night training flight when it flew into a hillside at Kirkrnichael, Isle of Man. Flight Sergeants,Gilbert, Kelner,Wells, and Sergeant Gardner (RAFVR), were killed.

Hudson serial: AM608

Lockheed Hudson
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons. National Air Force Museum of Canada.

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