Bobby Gibbes

Robert Henry Maxwell (Bobby) Gibbes, DFC & Bar, OAM (6 Mei 1916 – 11 April 2007) adalah seorang penerbang ulung utama asal Australia pada Perang Dunia II, dan perwira komandan masa perang yang paling lama bertugas dari No. 3 Squadron RAAF. Ia resmi dikenal karena kemenangan udara 10¼, meskipun skornya terkadang dilaporkan 12, termasuk dua kali berbagi.

Robert Henry Maxwell (Bobby) Gibbes
Bobby Gibbes, Afrika Utara, c. Januari 1942
Lahir	6 Mei 1916 Young, New South Wales
Meninggal	11 April 2007(2007-04-11) (umur 90) Sydney, New South Wales
Pengabdian	Australia
Dinas/cabang	Royal Australian Air Force
Lama dinas	1940–46 1952–57
Pangkat	Komandan Sayap
Kesatuan	No. 23 Squadron (1940) No. 450 Squadron (1941) No. 2 OTU (1944) No. 80 Wing (1944–45)
Komandan	No. 3 Squadron (1942–43)
Perang/pertempuran	Perang Dunia II Teater Timur Tengah Kampanye Suriah–Lebanon Kampanye Gurun Barat Teater Pasifik Barat Daya
Penghargaan	Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar Medal of the Order of Australia
Pekerjaan lain	Pengusaha

Referensi

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• Turner, Jim (1999). The RAAF at War. East Roseville, New South Wales: Kangaroo Press. ISBN 0-86417-889-1. 
• Wilson, David (2005). The Brotherhood of Airmen. Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-74114-333-0. 

Bacaan tambahan

• Gibbes, R.H. (1994). You Live But Once. Collaroy, New South Wales: Self-published.