Hugh Francis Gibney Jr

Military
media-19843.jpeg UPL 19843 Tippet Crew

Aircraft is B-17F Satan's Workshop.
See Morgan series B-17, (c) c. 1965.

Morgan Aero series (c) c. 1965 ( red cover)

Object Number - UPL 19843 - Tippet Crew Aircraft is B-17F Satan's Workshop. See Morgan series B-17, (c) c. 1965.

Shot down 2 October 1943 in B-17 #42-5260 'Yardbird II'. Plane crashed into North Sea, Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

Official emblem of the 303rd Bomb Group approved 7 November 1942.

303rd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-5260

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Yardbird II
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 360th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Meriden, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA 10 February 1916

Died

2 October 1943

Buried

Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Plot B Row 39 Grave 23

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Updated the Born event and his middle name and Added a Buried event per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 56358358.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56358358/hugh-francis-gibney

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added punctuation to the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 738, Roster

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