Desmond Fitzgibbon

Flight Lieutenant Desmond Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon served in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I. He became a flying ace, being accredited with eight aerial victories.

Personal life
Desmond Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon was born in Hampstead, London on 1 November 1890. He was the younger son of Marguerite Mathews and Gerald Fitzgibbon. Gerald Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon had two sisters, as well as a two years older brother, Allen Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon. Their family home was The Lodge, Steele's Road, Hampstead.

Desmond Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon's wife's name was Phyllis Muriel. They were married at Holy Trinity Church, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon, and apparently had children.

World War I
On 28 May 1916, he joined the Royal Naval Air Service. He took aviation training and earned his Pilot's Certificate at RAF Cranwell, qualifying on 14 August 1916.

Fitzgibbon was one of five pilots assigned to C Flight of Naval 10 in early 1917, being posted there on 5 May 1917; the four Canadians in the flight with him all fell casualty or were transferred.

He scored his eight victories between 5 June and 27 September 1917. On 15 October, he was returned to England. He won a Distinguished Service Cross for his valour; it was gazetted 2 November 1917.

List of aerial victories
See also Aerial victory standards of World War I

Post World War I
On 10 April 1919, Fitzgibbon was transferred to the unemployed list of the Royal Air Force. At some later date, he was resident in Sri Lanka.