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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

John E. Gilbert

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Pennsylvania

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

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Activity During WWII

HE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A MASTER SERGEANT IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER DURING WWII. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON BOARD A B-17 FLYING FORTRESS ON NOVEMBER 1, 1946 ON A FLIGHT FROM NAPLES TO AN AIRFIELD JUST OUTSIDE OF LONDON WHEN THEIR PLANE, WHICH WAS 90 MILES OFF COURSE, SLAMMED INTO THE AIGUILLES DES GLACIERS MOUNTAIN, PART OF THE MONT BLANC MOUNTAIN RANGE ALONG THE ITALIAN-FRENCH BORDER.