Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, Gilbert was not officially declared by the military as being dead until December 4, 1945, 1 year and 1 day after he went missing as was the custom.
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Gilbert served as a Sergeant on B-29 #42-24735, 873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Michigan prior to the war.
Gilbert was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-29, which was making a bombing run on Tokyo, was rammed by a Japanese plane and crashed into the sea during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 36579708
Son of Douglas and Margaret Child of Pontiac, Michigan.
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Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24735:
Braun, Thomas N ~ Sgt, Ohio
Child, Gilbert C ~ Sgt, Michigan
Dirkes, Kenneth C ~ 2nd Lt, Washington
Doxey, William S ~ Capt, Flight Commander, Florida
Fetter, Charles E, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Maryland
Helchowski, Casmere Z ~ S/Sgt, Michigan
Hexum, Harold ~ Sgt, Minnesota
Magraw, Henry S ~ S/Sgt, Montana
Miller, Walter C ~ 2nd Lt, North Carolina
Phelan, Edward L ~ 2nd Lt, New York
Pierce, Milton S ~ S/Sgt, California
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Gilbert served as a Sergeant on B-29 #42-24735, 873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Michigan prior to the war.
Gilbert was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-29, which was making a bombing run on Tokyo, was rammed by a Japanese plane and crashed into the sea during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 36579708
Son of Douglas and Margaret Child of Pontiac, Michigan.
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Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24735:
Braun, Thomas N ~ Sgt, Ohio
Child, Gilbert C ~ Sgt, Michigan
Dirkes, Kenneth C ~ 2nd Lt, Washington
Doxey, William S ~ Capt, Flight Commander, Florida
Fetter, Charles E, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Maryland
Helchowski, Casmere Z ~ S/Sgt, Michigan
Hexum, Harold ~ Sgt, Minnesota
Magraw, Henry S ~ S/Sgt, Montana
Miller, Walter C ~ 2nd Lt, North Carolina
Phelan, Edward L ~ 2nd Lt, New York
Pierce, Milton S ~ S/Sgt, California
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, Gilbert was not officially declared by the military as being dead until December 4, 1945, 1 year and 1 day after he went missing as was the custom.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Gilbert served as a Sergeant on B-29 #42-24735, 873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Michigan prior to the war.
Gilbert was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-29, which was making a bombing run on Tokyo, was rammed by a Japanese plane and crashed into the sea during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 36579708
Son of Douglas and Margaret Child of Pontiac, Michigan.
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Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24735:
Braun, Thomas N ~ Sgt, Ohio
Child, Gilbert C ~ Sgt, Michigan
Dirkes, Kenneth C ~ 2nd Lt, Washington
Doxey, William S ~ Capt, Flight Commander, Florida
Fetter, Charles E, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Maryland
Helchowski, Casmere Z ~ S/Sgt, Michigan
Hexum, Harold ~ Sgt, Minnesota
Magraw, Henry S ~ S/Sgt, Montana
Miller, Walter C ~ 2nd Lt, North Carolina
Phelan, Edward L ~ 2nd Lt, New York
Pierce, Milton S ~ S/Sgt, California
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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Gilbert served as a Sergeant on B-29 #42-24735, 873rd Bomber Squadron, 498th Bomber Group, Very Heavy, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
He resided in Michigan prior to the war.
Gilbert was declared "Missing In Action" when his B-29, which was making a bombing run on Tokyo, was rammed by a Japanese plane and crashed into the sea during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 36579708
Son of Douglas and Margaret Child of Pontiac, Michigan.
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Airmen who perished on B-29 #42-24735:
Braun, Thomas N ~ Sgt, Ohio
Child, Gilbert C ~ Sgt, Michigan
Dirkes, Kenneth C ~ 2nd Lt, Washington
Doxey, William S ~ Capt, Flight Commander, Florida
Fetter, Charles E, Jr ~ 1st Lt, Pilot, Maryland
Helchowski, Casmere Z ~ S/Sgt, Michigan
Hexum, Harold ~ Sgt, Minnesota
Magraw, Henry S ~ S/Sgt, Montana
Miller, Walter C ~ 2nd Lt, North Carolina
Phelan, Edward L ~ 2nd Lt, New York
Pierce, Milton S ~ S/Sgt, California
( Bio & Crew Report by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett )
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