Guy Penrose Gibson

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Guy Penrose Gibson was a distinguished Royal Air Force officer best known for leading the famous World War II "Dambusters" raid (Operation Chastise) in 1943.

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instanceOf Royal Air Force officer
human
aircraftFlown Avro Lancaster
Avro Manchester
Handley Page Hampden
de Havilland Mosquito
allegiance United Kingdom
awardReceived Croix de Guerre
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar
Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Service Order and Bar
Victoria Cross
linked to: The Victoria Cross
burialPlace Steenbergen-en-Kruisland Roman Catholic Cemetery
causeOfDeath aircraft crash
conflict Second World War
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship Canada
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1918-08-12
dateOfDeath 1944-09-19
educatedAt St Edward's School, Oxford
employer Royal Air Force
familyName Gibson
genre military biography
givenName Guy
memberOf No. 106 Squadron RAF
No. 617 Squadron RAF
No. 83 Squadron RAF
middleName Penrose
militaryBranch Royal Air Force
militaryRank Group Captain
Wing Commander
notableFor leading the Dambusters raid on German dams in 1943
notableWork Dambusters raid
linked to: Dambusters

Operation Chastise
occupation bomber pilot
military officer
placeOfBirth British India
Simla
linked to: Shimla
placeOfDeath Netherlands
near Steenbergen
positionHeld Commanding Officer of No. 106 Squadron RAF
Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron RAF
serviceNumber 39438
sexOrGender male
spouse Eve Moore
subjectOf The Dam Busters (1955 film)
The Dam Busters (book)
wrote Enemy Coast Ahead

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Guy Gibson fullName Guy Penrose Gibson