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NAME

POSITION

AIR-FORCE

COMMENTS

F/O Gibbs D.L. DFC.

Pilot

RAAF

Posted to 467 Sq 31.10.43. Tour Ex 6.5.44.

Sgt Middlemast.K.

Engineer

RAF

 

F/S Smith.L.S.

Engineer

RAF

11/12.4.44

P/O Tong.S.L.F.

Navigator

RAF

Posted 29 OTU 18.5.44

P/O Sugg.P.A.

Bomb Aimer

RAAF

Posted 1660 CU 13.5.44

F/O Green.E.L.

Wireless Operator

RAAF

Posted 27 OTU 21.5.44

Sgt Heinz.

Gunner MU

?

Posted 54 Base Hospital 

Sgt Bates.A.W.

Gunner MU

RAF

3/4.12.43

Sgt Stone .J.

Gunner MU

RAF

16/17.12.43

W/O Wilkinson.J.H.

Gunner MU

RAAF

20/21.12.43

Sgt Jones.D.J.

Gunner MU

?

22/23.11.43

F/S Connolly.J.J.

Gunner MU

RAF

20/21.1.44

Sgt Kent.B.F.

Gunner MU

RAAF

28/29.1.44

P/O Weeden.R.A.

Gunner MU

RAF

19/20.2.44

Sgt Bewick.G.

Gunner MU

RAF

1/2.3.44

F/Sgt Shafto.A.R.G

Gunner MU

RAF

11/12.18/19.20/21.4.44

F/L Bird.L.

Gunner Tail

RAF

Posted 11OTU 13.5.44

 

DATE

TARGET FOR TONIGHT

AIRCRAFT

COMMENTS

10/11 .11.43

Modane  

F/O Gibbs 2nd pilot with P/O Whitford.A.P.

18/19.11 .43

Berlin  

F/O Gibbs 2nd pilot  with P/O McClelland.N.M.

22/23.11.43

Berlin

ED539 PO.P

 

2/3.12.43

Berlin

ED143

 

3/4.12.43

Leipzig

ED547 P0.M

 

16/17.12.43

Berlin

DV277 P0.W

 

20/21.12.43

Frankfurt

ED539 PO.V

 

14/15.1.44

Brunswick

DV277 PO.W

 

20/21.1.44

Berlin

DV277 PO.W

 

21/22.1.44

Magdeburg

DV277 PO.W

 

27/28.1.44

Berlin

DV277 PO.W

 

28/29.1.44

Berlin

DV277 PO.W

 

30/31.1.44

Berlin

DV277 PO.W

 

19/20.2.44

Leipzig

DV277 PO.W

 

20/21.2.4

Stuttgart

DV277 PO.W

 

1/2.3.44

Stuttgart

DV277 PO.W

 

9/10.3.44

Marignane

DV277 PO.W

 

15/16.5.44

Stuttgart

ED657 PO.T

 

18/19.3.44

Frankfurt

DV277 PO.W

 

22/23.3.44

Frankfurt

DV277 PO.W

 

25/26.3.44

Berlin

DV277 PO.W

 

30/31.3.44

Nurnberg

DV277 PO.W

 

10/11.4.44

Tours

DV277 PO.W

 

11/12.4.44

Aachen

DV277 PO.W

 

18/19.4.44

Juvisy

DV277 PO.W

 

20/21.4.44

La Chappelle

DV277 PO.W

 

22/25.4.44

Brunswick

DV277 PO.W

 

24/25.4.44

Munich

DV277 PO.W

 

26/27.4.44

Schweinfurt

LL846 PO.V

 

David Lloyd Gibbs gazetted DFC 18.8.44. He and the crew completed a difficult tour of ops with an exceptional high standard of crew skill.

2/3.12.43 on return from the op to Berlin they had a narrow escape when on landing their A/C collided with another Lancaster which had stalled on the runway, no serious injuries are recorded.

Dave Gibbs was posted to 1660 CU 6.5.44

DV277 PO.W was transferred through several units and scrapped in November 1946.

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