Reginald C. Gibbs, F/O
Personal information
Age 32
Nationality Canadian
Date / place of birth Unknown
Genealogy Son of Clement Spencer Gibbs and Charlotte Cecilia Gibbs. Husband of Violet Gibbs, Burks Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Military information
Army Number J-24002
Rank F/O
Function Unknown
Platoon / Troop / Flight Unknown
Company / Squadron 196 Squadron RAF Station Keevil
Unit / Group 38 Group
Division / Transport / Command Transport Command
Regiment Royal Canadian Air Force
Death information
Died when 21-9-1944
Died where Arnhem
Spot Municipal Hospital
Map reference Unknown
Burial location
Oosterbeek, War Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave number 26-B-2
Graves overview
Miscellaneous information
Personal notes

At approx 15.39 hours (NL-time), a 196 Squadron Stirling (EF248, ZO-\\'V\\'), was hit by flak while dropping re-supply near Supply Dropping Point V, west of Arnhem. The pilot, Warrant Officer Keith Prowd ordered the crew to bale out. The whole crew exited the aircraft before this crashed north of Arnhem. Of the 10-men crew (6 flying crew, 2 air despatchers and 2 \\\"extra\\'s\\\") 7 were killed. Crew members reported that Flying Officer Gibbs was wounded while parachuting down (Germans opened fire on him) and that he was brought to the Municipal Hospital at Arnhem. According to the report Gibbs died after a few grenades had been thrown in the hospital during heavy skirmishes when Germans tried to enter the hospital and capture it\\'s surroundings.

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Reginald C. Gibbs, F/O
Personal information
Age 32
Nationality Canadian
Date / place of birth Unknown
Genealogy Son of Clement Spencer Gibbs and Charlotte Cecilia Gibbs. Husband of Violet Gibbs, Burks Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Military information
Army Number J-24002
Rank F/O
Function Unknown
Platoon / Troop / Flight Unknown
Company / Squadron 196 Squadron RAF Station Keevil
Unit / Group 38 Group
Division / Transport / Command Transport Command
Regiment Royal Canadian Air Force
Death information
Died when 21-9-1944
Died where Arnhem
Spot Municipal Hospital
Map reference Unknown
Burial location
Oosterbeek, War Cemetery, Netherlands
Grave number 26-B-2
Graves overview
Miscellaneous information
Personal notes

At approx 15.39 hours (NL-time), a 196 Squadron Stirling (EF248, ZO-\\'V\\'), was hit by flak while dropping re-supply near Supply Dropping Point V, west of Arnhem. The pilot, Warrant Officer Keith Prowd ordered the crew to bale out. The whole crew exited the aircraft before this crashed north of Arnhem. Of the 10-men crew (6 flying crew, 2 air despatchers and 2 \\\"extra\\'s\\\") 7 were killed. Crew members reported that Flying Officer Gibbs was wounded while parachuting down (Germans opened fire on him) and that he was brought to the Municipal Hospital at Arnhem. According to the report Gibbs died after a few grenades had been thrown in the hospital during heavy skirmishes when Germans tried to enter the hospital and capture it\\'s surroundings.

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