William L Gibbons

Military
Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat and a silver bar on the shoulder. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. Man is looking to the side and not smiling UPL 60672 UPL 60672 William L. Gibbons, 457th BG

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Object Number - UPL 60672 - William L. Gibbons, 457th BG

Flew 25 missions, then returned and flew 15 more missions and then additional seven.



DFC;Purple Heart/Air Medal w 7/Oak Leaf Cluster

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.

457th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'

Glatton

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Meade, Ks 9 June 1920

Died

3 November 2006

Buried

Macon, Georgia

Revisions

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1993 457th BGA Roster/son / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

William L Gibbons: Gallery (1 items)

Black and white portrait of man, posed at angle wearing a uniform consisting of a jacket, shirt, tie and hat. Hat is tilted on his head. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket, and a WWII-era Air-Force silver officer insignia badge on the center of hat and a silver bar on the shoulder. Only the head and upper torso of man are visible. Man is looking to the side and not smiling

Object number: UPL 60672 - William L. Gibbons, 457th BG