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Submitted: 9/21/15 • Approved: 4/7/21 • Last Updated: 4/10/21 • R90073-G0-S3
LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN
Royal Air Force Volunteer
England
World War II
unknown - January 18, 1942
Casualty of WWII, William was a Leading Aircraftman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Service No:1331173.
He died whilst training in Texas at the British Flying Training School (#1 BFTS) aged 21.
He was the son of William L. F. and Mary A. Ibbs, of Peckham, London, England.
Inscription:
"Aged 21
A Loving Son, Good And
Kind, A Beautiful Memory
Left Behind."
His crash occurred five miles from Cumby, Texas, during a night cross-country flight. Ibbs became lost and contacted the Terrell tower and received directions to the field, but he ran out of fuel and crashed before reaching Terrell. Ibbs died only two days from graduation. {T.K.}
Contributed on 9/21/15 by tomannkill
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