George D. Fitz-Gibbon                                                                            Updated: 04 MAR 2021

Airman: e777555.htm Surname: Fitz-Gibbon Init: G D Rank: P/O Service: RCAF Sqdn: 426

P_link: p135.htm Plane: WEL Z1680 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d300143 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Kl. 12.54 den 30. januar 1943 lettede WEL Z1680 på et dagsbombetogt mod Oldenburg.
SOS - signal modtaget kl. 16.29 fra en position 10 miles fra den hollandske kyst. Intet hørt siden.
Flyet styrtede i Nordsøen. Ingen overlevende.(Kilde: p135MACR)

H. Riles drev ind på Fanø (måske omkring her). Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 12. februar 1943.
I. G. McLeod blev fundet i Esbjerg Havn (omkring her). Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 30. april 1943.
A. T. Sprosen blev begravet i Esbjerg den 18. maj 1943. (Kilde: FAF)

Flying Officer George Desmond Fitz-Gibbon gjorde tjeneste i Royal Canadian Air Force.
Hans navn er på Panel 173 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

3 flyvere fra WEL Z1680 blev begravet i Esbjerg. 3 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 6 flyvere.

At 12.54 hrs. on 30 January 1943 WEL Z1680 took off from RAF Dishforth on a day bombing raid targeting Oldenburg.

SOS - message received at 16.29 hrs. from a position 10 miles off the coast of Holland. Nothing heard later.
The plane crashed in the North Sea. No survivors. (Source: p135MACR)

H. Riles was washed ashore on Fanø (maybe about here). He was buried in Esbjerg on 12 February 1943.
I. G. McLeod was found in the harbour of Esbjerg (about here). He was buried in Esbjerg on 30 April 1943.
A. T. Sprosen was buried in Esbjerg on 18 May 1943. (Source: FAF)

Flying Officer George Desmond Fitz-Gibbon served in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 173, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
His name is engraved on the Memorial Wall at the BC Museum of Canada. The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has this.
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 2, Panel 164.

3 airmen from WEL Z1680 were buried in Esbjerg. 3 airmen have no known grave.

See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons * No. 426 (Thunderbird) Squadron) * RCAF 426 "Thunderbird" Squadron Association. 
Wellington III Z1680 OW- took off from RAF Dishforth at 12.54 hrs. on 30 JAN 1943. (Source: p135MACR * Aircrew Remembered has this).  6 airmen.