Flight Lieutenant Desmond Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon DSC (born 1 November 1890; date of death unknown) was a British flying ace who served in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War I, and was credited with eight aerial victories.
However, while heading home engine problems reduced his speed, and he lost contact with the rest of the wing, finally crossing the lines alone and landing at Ochey.
[1] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, which was gazetted on 2 November 1917,[8] his citation reading: Fitzgibbon was promoted to captain, being confirmed in his rank in January 1919,[12] but on 10 April 1919, he relinquished his commission on being transferred to the unemployed list of the Royal Air Force.
[15] At some point he was resident in Ceylon, marrying Phyllis Muriel at the Holy Trinity Church at Nuwara Eliya, where his son Gerald Maurice Fitzgibbon was also baptised.
[16] Fitzgibbon returned to service during World War II, being commissioned as a flight lieutenant in the Administrative & Special Duties Branch of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 1 September 1939.