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1 McGibbonDonald StewartP/O
F/O
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RCAF
9EFTS (RCAF)
6SFTS (RCAF)
1OTU (RCAF)
1ATTD (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
61OTU (RAF)
55OTU (RAF)
83GSU (RAF)
439Sqn (RCAF)
3PRC (RCAF)
9 PDC (RAF)
416Sqn (RCAF)
9PRC (RCAF)
RCAF
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Tiger Moth 82C
Harvard
Harvard, Hurricane
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Magister, Typhoon
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29-Oct-1942 - Montreal, QC., McGill University Air Training Corps
18-Feb-1943 - Enlisted in the RCAF
5-Sep-1943 to 28-Oct-1944 - St. Catharines, ON. Course No. 89
15-Nov-1943 to 6-Apr-1944 - Dunnville, ON. Course No. 94
24-Apr-1944 to 14-Jul- 1944 - Bagotville, QC. Course No. 26
29-Jul-1944 to 26-Aug-1944 - Greenwood, N.S. – Camp Borden, ON.
Sep-1944 to Nov-1944 - Bournemouth, U.K.
14-Nov-1944 to 22-Feb-1945 - Rednal, Montford Bridge, Shropshire U.K.
22-Feb-1945 to 11-Mar-1945 - Aston Down, Gloucestershire, U.K.
11-Mar-1945 to 27-Mar-1945 - Dunsfold, Surrey, U.K.
27-Mar-1945 to 22-Aug-1945 - Airfields B.78, B.100, Warmwell, B.150, B.166
22-Aug-1945 - Bournemouth, U.K.
19-Sep-1945 - Regents Park, London, U.K.
19-Sep-1945 to 14-Nov-1945 - B.174 Airfield Utersen, Germany
14-Nov-1945 - Bournemouth, U.K. for Repatriation
Repatriated to Canada
21-Jan-1946 – Released from the RCAF
F/O D.S. McGibbon flew 14 combat Ops between 23-Apr-1945 to 4-May-1945 with 439Sqn
His older brother, Flight Sergeant James Edmund McGibbon (R.154079) of the R.C.A.F., was KIA on 4-Apr-1944 while piloting Halifax V LK738 with No. 161Sqn over France while on a Allied Forces Special Duty Operation.
D.S. McGibbon deceased on 31-July-2003 in Ste. Adele, QC.
(Information courtesy of Chris Wolfe)
2 McGibbonJ.C.F/OJ24149PLTRCAFX28 Oct 44 -
3 McGibbonJ.H.F/OC21055RADRCAFX28 Oct 44 -
4 McGibbonR.S.F/OJ80908BARCAFX28 Oct 44 -
5 McGibbonJames EdmundFlight Sergeant
Killed 1944-04-11 Age 25R/154079161Sqn (RAF) Commemorated St. Hilaire Sur Rille Communal Cemetery, Coll. Grave. France. Son Of S. E. McGibbon And Marjorie McGibbon, Of Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada. B. Comm. (Mcgill University, Montreal).
6 McGibbonReginald StewartFlying Officer

Killed 1944-07-29 Age 27J/20908576Sqn (RAF)Commemorated Cronenbourg French National Cemetery, L. 9. 15. France. Son Of John Stewart McGibbon And Dora Irene McGibbon Of Dundee, Huntingdon Co., Province Of Quebec, Canada.

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