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
Limoilou, Quebec
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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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.
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.
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.
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
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