Fred Roy Gilbert

Military
media-52150.jpeg UPL 52150 Lt. Alfred Rabo's crew, 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group. Taken 23 November, 1942, in front of B-17 41-24615 "Target For Tonite".

Top row, left to right: Alfred Rabo (Pilot), Fred Gilbert (Co-Pilot), Victor Prendinger (Navigator), Mike Berkowitz (Bombardier, with dig), William A Jones (Tail Gunner)

Bottom row, left to right; Edmund Gates (Flight Engineer), Charles Peterson (Ball Turret Gunner), "Johnson" (Waist Gunner), Thomas Kon (Radio Operator), Henry Kwaseske (Waist Gunner)

Photograph taken from Fold3, as well as crew positions in photo

Object Number - UPL 52150 - Lt. Alfred Rabo's crew, 422nd Bomb Squadron, 305th Bomb Group. Taken 23 November, 1942, in front of B-17 41-24615 "Target For Tonite". Top row,...

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem, 305th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 16022486 / O-726112
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18053866
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron 812th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13038122
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator, Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33076876
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12046208 / O-87234
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Navigator

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Chicago, Illinois, USA 15 December 1919

Enlisted

Los Angeles, California, USA 5 November 1941 Enlisted as an Aviation Cadet with the serial number 19062156

Died

Spokane, Washington, USA 16 March 2013
Los Angeles, California, USA Moved at the age of three

Based

Assigned to the 305th Bomb Group

Chelveston Assigned to the 305th Bomb Group
Great Falls, Montana, USA Upon completion of his tour, he was assigned to the 5th Ferry Group at Great Falls Army Air Base, in Montana. He would go on to meet his wife here.
Salina, Kansas, USA At the end of the war, assigned to Strategic Air Command at Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Salina, Kansas, before being discharged from the Air Force.

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Sources

305th Bomb Group Roster / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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