Fitzgibbons David Richard

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David Richard Fitzgibbons is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

B24 (41-29371) Crash Marker -466th Bomber Group

Name:

David Richard Fitzgibbons

Rank:

Second Lieutenant

Serial Number:

O-695593

Unit:

786th Bomber Squadron, 466th Bomber Group, Heavy

Date of Death:

1996-07-16

State:

New York

Cemetery:

Fishkill Rural Cemetery, Fishkill, New York

Plot:

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Grave:

Decoration:

Air Medal

Comments:

Born 24 March 1924
From Beacon, New York
Bombardier of the B-24 Liberator 41-29371 �Crippled Bitch� that took off from Station 120 Attlebridge in Norfolk, UK on a mission to bomb the airfield at Bretigny-sur-Orge in France. The plane was hit by flak before it had released its bombs. The flaming plane was partially evacuated before it disintegrated in an in-flight explosion at 20,000 feet at around 7:30 pm. Fitzgibbons was taken as a POW to Stalag 7A Moosburg Bavaria 48-12. He was then married to Roberta Fitzgibbons (1926-2005)