Bobby gibbes autobiography examples
Some time ago I was fortunate enough to purchase from the great man himself, Bobby Gibbes' autobiography 'You Live But Once'..
My copy of his autobiography has the hand written notation: "With my best wishes Bob. It is a great pity that we no longer have Junior to.
Bobby Gibbes
Royal Australian Air Force fighter pilot
For persons of a similar name, see Robert Gibbs (disambiguation).
Robert Henry Maxwell Gibbes, DSO, DFC & Bar, OAM (6 May 1916 – 11 April 2007) was an Australian fighter ace of World War II, and the longest-serving wartime commanding officer of No. 3 Squadron RAAF.
He was officially credited with 10¼ aerial victories, although his score is often reported as 12, including two shared; Gibbes was also credited with five aircraft probably destroyed, and a further 16 damaged. He commanded No. 3 Squadron in North Africa from February 1942 to April 1943, apart from a brief period when he was wounded.
Born in rural New South Wales, Gibbes worked as a jackaroo and salesman before joining the Royal Australian Air Force in February 1940. Posted to the Middle East in April 1941, he flew with No. 3 Squadron in the Syria–Lebanon Campaign, and became commanding officer during the Wester