AIR MEDAL: Tech. Sergt. John W. Gilb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Gilb, of 423 W. 12th-st, Newport, has been awarded the Air Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters for his services with the 13th Air Force in the South Pacific. Sergt. Gilb, radio operator in a heavy bombardment squadron, recently completed 43 missions against enemy targets. He has been overseas since April 1943.
Cincinnati Post April 25, 1944 Pg 13
SEAMAN LOST ON FIRST TRIP; AIRMAN KILLED AT RABAUL
[...] Sgt. Gilb, radioman on a bombing plane, was killed in a take-off crash at Rabaul in the South Pacific on April 20, his parents were informed by the War Department. He was buried at an Army cemetery at Rabaul. A veteran of 11 months overseas, during which he completed 43 missions, Sgt. Gilb held the Air Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters. He enlisted in February, 1942, and trained at flying fields in Illinois, Texas, and Arizona. His younger brother, PFC Donald Robert Gilb, is stationed at Fort Knox, Ky. He is survived also by three sisters, Mrs. Marie Steel, Mrs. Frank Viel, and Mrs. Carl Warden, all of Newport. A former pupil of Newport High School, Sgt. Gilb was in business with his father, a contractor, before his enlistment. [...}
Cincinnati Times Star May 9, 1944 Pg 26
KILLED IN ACTION
[...] Tech. Sgt. John W. Gilb, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Gilb, 423 West Twelfth Street, Newport, Ky.
[...] Sgt. Gilb, radioman on a bomber was killed in a take-off crash at Rabaul April 20, a War Department casualty list confirmed Saturday. His remains were interred at an Army cemetery there. He was a veteran of 11 months oversea and had completed 43 missions, for which he held the Air Medal and several Oak Leaf Clusters. [...]
Cincinnati Times Star May 27, 1944 Pg 2
Cincinnati Post April 25, 1944 Pg 13
SEAMAN LOST ON FIRST TRIP; AIRMAN KILLED AT RABAUL
[...] Sgt. Gilb, radioman on a bombing plane, was killed in a take-off crash at Rabaul in the South Pacific on April 20, his parents were informed by the War Department. He was buried at an Army cemetery at Rabaul. A veteran of 11 months overseas, during which he completed 43 missions, Sgt. Gilb held the Air Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters. He enlisted in February, 1942, and trained at flying fields in Illinois, Texas, and Arizona. His younger brother, PFC Donald Robert Gilb, is stationed at Fort Knox, Ky. He is survived also by three sisters, Mrs. Marie Steel, Mrs. Frank Viel, and Mrs. Carl Warden, all of Newport. A former pupil of Newport High School, Sgt. Gilb was in business with his father, a contractor, before his enlistment. [...}
Cincinnati Times Star May 9, 1944 Pg 26
KILLED IN ACTION
[...] Tech. Sgt. John W. Gilb, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Gilb, 423 West Twelfth Street, Newport, Ky.
[...] Sgt. Gilb, radioman on a bomber was killed in a take-off crash at Rabaul April 20, a War Department casualty list confirmed Saturday. His remains were interred at an Army cemetery there. He was a veteran of 11 months oversea and had completed 43 missions, for which he held the Air Medal and several Oak Leaf Clusters. [...]
Cincinnati Times Star May 27, 1944 Pg 2
AIR MEDAL: Tech. Sergt. John W. Gilb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Gilb, of 423 W. 12th-st, Newport, has been awarded the Air Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters for his services with the 13th Air Force in the South Pacific. Sergt. Gilb, radio operator in a heavy bombardment squadron, recently completed 43 missions against enemy targets. He has been overseas since April 1943.
Cincinnati Post April 25, 1944 Pg 13
SEAMAN LOST ON FIRST TRIP; AIRMAN KILLED AT RABAUL
[...] Sgt. Gilb, radioman on a bombing plane, was killed in a take-off crash at Rabaul in the South Pacific on April 20, his parents were informed by the War Department. He was buried at an Army cemetery at Rabaul. A veteran of 11 months overseas, during which he completed 43 missions, Sgt. Gilb held the Air Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters. He enlisted in February, 1942, and trained at flying fields in Illinois, Texas, and Arizona. His younger brother, PFC Donald Robert Gilb, is stationed at Fort Knox, Ky. He is survived also by three sisters, Mrs. Marie Steel, Mrs. Frank Viel, and Mrs. Carl Warden, all of Newport. A former pupil of Newport High School, Sgt. Gilb was in business with his father, a contractor, before his enlistment. [...}
Cincinnati Times Star May 9, 1944 Pg 26
KILLED IN ACTION
[...] Tech. Sgt. John W. Gilb, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Gilb, 423 West Twelfth Street, Newport, Ky.
[...] Sgt. Gilb, radioman on a bomber was killed in a take-off crash at Rabaul April 20, a War Department casualty list confirmed Saturday. His remains were interred at an Army cemetery there. He was a veteran of 11 months oversea and had completed 43 missions, for which he held the Air Medal and several Oak Leaf Clusters. [...]
Cincinnati Times Star May 27, 1944 Pg 2
Cincinnati Post April 25, 1944 Pg 13
SEAMAN LOST ON FIRST TRIP; AIRMAN KILLED AT RABAUL
[...] Sgt. Gilb, radioman on a bombing plane, was killed in a take-off crash at Rabaul in the South Pacific on April 20, his parents were informed by the War Department. He was buried at an Army cemetery at Rabaul. A veteran of 11 months overseas, during which he completed 43 missions, Sgt. Gilb held the Air Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters. He enlisted in February, 1942, and trained at flying fields in Illinois, Texas, and Arizona. His younger brother, PFC Donald Robert Gilb, is stationed at Fort Knox, Ky. He is survived also by three sisters, Mrs. Marie Steel, Mrs. Frank Viel, and Mrs. Carl Warden, all of Newport. A former pupil of Newport High School, Sgt. Gilb was in business with his father, a contractor, before his enlistment. [...}
Cincinnati Times Star May 9, 1944 Pg 26
KILLED IN ACTION
[...] Tech. Sgt. John W. Gilb, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Gilb, 423 West Twelfth Street, Newport, Ky.
[...] Sgt. Gilb, radioman on a bomber was killed in a take-off crash at Rabaul April 20, a War Department casualty list confirmed Saturday. His remains were interred at an Army cemetery there. He was a veteran of 11 months oversea and had completed 43 missions, for which he held the Air Medal and several Oak Leaf Clusters. [...]
Cincinnati Times Star May 27, 1944 Pg 2
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