From FAG member #47419676)
Gola G. Gibby was the son of Dock Haylman and Esther Gibby of Nantahala, Swain County, North Carolina. His mother died before his third birthday and he lived with his father and grandparents in Nantahala, North Carolina. Gola attended grammar school and worked on the farm raising livestock. He joined the US Army Air Corps on November 21, 1941 in Missoula, Montana and listed his hometown as Madisonville, Tennessee.
Staff Sergeant Gibby Gola was a flight engineer on a B-24 Liberator. He was assigned to the 67th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group stationed in Shipdham, England and on temporary assignments in North Africa. The B-24, in which he was a flight engineer, was named the Buzzin' Bear. He would serve with the same crew until the crash which killed four of the ten-man crew and left the other six prisoners of war under German occupation. However, two crew members were able to escape and returned to base.
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Engineer/Gunner S/Sgt. Gola B. Gibby KIA
Squadron: 67th BS 44th Bomb Group
Hometown: Madisonville Tennessee
Service:19055445
Awards: Purple Heart
Pilot Capt. William R. Cameron
Target: Foggia Italy
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 16-Aug-43
Serial Number: 41-24229
Aircraft Model B-24D--CO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: BUZZIN' BEAR
Cause: Unknown - Crew of 10 4 KIA 6POW
Location: Unknown
The remains of SGT's. Grett, Gibby, and Mccabe were eventually located and reintered to Memphis National Cemetery Tennessee, USA.
BUZZIN' BEAR Crew
Capt. William R. Cameron Pilot
S/Sgt. Ernest G. McCabe Gunner
S/Sgt. Gola G. Gibby Engineer
S/Sgt. Gerald L. Grett Gunner
S/Sgt. S/Sgt. Gerald L. Grett Gunner
S/Sgt. Frank A. Maruszewski Gunner
Gola G. Gibby was the son of Dock Haylman and Esther Gibby of Nantahala, Swain County, North Carolina. His mother died before his third birthday and he lived with his father and grandparents in Nantahala, North Carolina. Gola attended grammar school and worked on the farm raising livestock. He joined the US Army Air Corps on November 21, 1941 in Missoula, Montana and listed his hometown as Madisonville, Tennessee.
Staff Sergeant Gibby Gola was a flight engineer on a B-24 Liberator. He was assigned to the 67th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group stationed in Shipdham, England and on temporary assignments in North Africa. The B-24, in which he was a flight engineer, was named the Buzzin' Bear. He would serve with the same crew until the crash which killed four of the ten-man crew and left the other six prisoners of war under German occupation. However, two crew members were able to escape and returned to base.
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Engineer/Gunner S/Sgt. Gola B. Gibby KIA
Squadron: 67th BS 44th Bomb Group
Hometown: Madisonville Tennessee
Service:19055445
Awards: Purple Heart
Pilot Capt. William R. Cameron
Target: Foggia Italy
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 16-Aug-43
Serial Number: 41-24229
Aircraft Model B-24D--CO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: BUZZIN' BEAR
Cause: Unknown - Crew of 10 4 KIA 6POW
Location: Unknown
The remains of SGT's. Grett, Gibby, and Mccabe were eventually located and reintered to Memphis National Cemetery Tennessee, USA.
BUZZIN' BEAR Crew
Capt. William R. Cameron Pilot
S/Sgt. Ernest G. McCabe Gunner
S/Sgt. Gola G. Gibby Engineer
S/Sgt. Gerald L. Grett Gunner
S/Sgt. S/Sgt. Gerald L. Grett Gunner
S/Sgt. Frank A. Maruszewski Gunner
From FAG member #47419676)
Gola G. Gibby was the son of Dock Haylman and Esther Gibby of Nantahala, Swain County, North Carolina. His mother died before his third birthday and he lived with his father and grandparents in Nantahala, North Carolina. Gola attended grammar school and worked on the farm raising livestock. He joined the US Army Air Corps on November 21, 1941 in Missoula, Montana and listed his hometown as Madisonville, Tennessee.
Staff Sergeant Gibby Gola was a flight engineer on a B-24 Liberator. He was assigned to the 67th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group stationed in Shipdham, England and on temporary assignments in North Africa. The B-24, in which he was a flight engineer, was named the Buzzin' Bear. He would serve with the same crew until the crash which killed four of the ten-man crew and left the other six prisoners of war under German occupation. However, two crew members were able to escape and returned to base.
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Engineer/Gunner S/Sgt. Gola B. Gibby KIA
Squadron: 67th BS 44th Bomb Group
Hometown: Madisonville Tennessee
Service:19055445
Awards: Purple Heart
Pilot Capt. William R. Cameron
Target: Foggia Italy
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 16-Aug-43
Serial Number: 41-24229
Aircraft Model B-24D--CO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: BUZZIN' BEAR
Cause: Unknown - Crew of 10 4 KIA 6POW
Location: Unknown
The remains of SGT's. Grett, Gibby, and Mccabe were eventually located and reintered to Memphis National Cemetery Tennessee, USA.
BUZZIN' BEAR Crew
Capt. William R. Cameron Pilot
S/Sgt. Ernest G. McCabe Gunner
S/Sgt. Gola G. Gibby Engineer
S/Sgt. Gerald L. Grett Gunner
S/Sgt. S/Sgt. Gerald L. Grett Gunner
S/Sgt. Frank A. Maruszewski Gunner
Gola G. Gibby was the son of Dock Haylman and Esther Gibby of Nantahala, Swain County, North Carolina. His mother died before his third birthday and he lived with his father and grandparents in Nantahala, North Carolina. Gola attended grammar school and worked on the farm raising livestock. He joined the US Army Air Corps on November 21, 1941 in Missoula, Montana and listed his hometown as Madisonville, Tennessee.
Staff Sergeant Gibby Gola was a flight engineer on a B-24 Liberator. He was assigned to the 67th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group stationed in Shipdham, England and on temporary assignments in North Africa. The B-24, in which he was a flight engineer, was named the Buzzin' Bear. He would serve with the same crew until the crash which killed four of the ten-man crew and left the other six prisoners of war under German occupation. However, two crew members were able to escape and returned to base.
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Engineer/Gunner S/Sgt. Gola B. Gibby KIA
Squadron: 67th BS 44th Bomb Group
Hometown: Madisonville Tennessee
Service:19055445
Awards: Purple Heart
Pilot Capt. William R. Cameron
Target: Foggia Italy
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 16-Aug-43
Serial Number: 41-24229
Aircraft Model B-24D--CO
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: BUZZIN' BEAR
Cause: Unknown - Crew of 10 4 KIA 6POW
Location: Unknown
The remains of SGT's. Grett, Gibby, and Mccabe were eventually located and reintered to Memphis National Cemetery Tennessee, USA.
BUZZIN' BEAR Crew
Capt. William R. Cameron Pilot
S/Sgt. Ernest G. McCabe Gunner
S/Sgt. Gola G. Gibby Engineer
S/Sgt. Gerald L. Grett Gunner
S/Sgt. S/Sgt. Gerald L. Grett Gunner
S/Sgt. Frank A. Maruszewski Gunner
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