World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Joseph Linwood Nibblet
Hometown
Salisbury, Maryland
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 22 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 23 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK III (Z1730) CRASHED AT BAERL, GERMANY DURING A BOMBING RAID TO ESSEN ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1942. BURIED AT REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, CLEVES, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY.