Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. ‘F/Sgt. D. J. Gibson. R158800’, good very fine £60-£80

Donald James Gibson, a native of Swastika, Ontario, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and served with 101 Squadron during the Second World War. He was killed when his Lancaster DV299 was lost without trace whilst on a sortie to Berlin on the night of 16-17 December 1943. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.