Gilbert Walter (Dick) Fairweather
128618 - Flying Officer - 83 Sqn - DFC - KIA at age 22 on 22 June 1944 (see details on website 207 sqn)
Buried at Rheinberg War Cemetery, Coll. grave 7. B. 8-13.
Son of Maj. Donald Norman Albert Fairweather, M.B.E., and Ethel Louise Fairweather, of Belize (former British Honduras).
[Source: CG, CWGC]
128618 - F/O Fairweather G.W. (DFC) Missing - G.D. Branch (Obs) - attested 16.941 - commissioned 1.9.42
[Source: NA AIR 2/6876 - Nominal Roll of Coloured Candidates, October 1944]
Flying Officer Gilbert Walter (Dick) Fairweather DFC Navigator Pathfinder and Flight Sergeant Roy Farr - Roy Farr also was killed in action.
[Photo courtesy Nadia Catouse]
Diversity in the 
FAIRWEATHER, GILBERT WALTER Initials: G W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Flying Officer (Nav.) Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text: 83 Sqdn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 22/06/1944 Service No: 128618 Awards: D F C Additional information: Son of Maj. Donald Norman Albert Fairweather, M.B.E., and Ethel Louise Fairweather, of Belize, British Honduras. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Coll. grave 7. B. 8-13. Cemetery: RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY. source: cwgc. Additional info courtesy CXX, ww2chat.com:- 21-22 Jun 44 83 Sqn Lancaster III JB180 OL-T Op. Wesseling. Took off 2321hrs Coningsby. Picked up by a night-fighter which came upon the Lancaster over the target area
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:32 amHello,
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February 22nd, 2010 at 4:55 pm