World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John Richard Gilbert
Hometown
Detroit, Michigan
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 19 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 78 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC COMPANY HALIFAX MK II (W1180) CRASHED AT SINT ODILIENBERG, LIMBURG, THE NETHERLANDS DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BOCHUM, GERMANY ON AUGUST 6, 1942. BURIED AT JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY, NIJMEGEN, GELDERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS.