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    Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (12 August 1918 – 19 September 1944) was a distinguished bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force...
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    118) De Heen (440) t'Haantje Steenbergen received city rights in 1272. Guy Gibson, Wing Commander and the first CO of the RAF's 617 Squadron which he led...
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  • retriever belonging to Wing Commander Guy Gibson of the Royal Air Force, and the mascot of No. 617 Squadron. Gibson owned the dog when he was previously...
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  • Dam Busters (1951) by Paul Brickhill and Enemy Coast Ahead (1946) by Guy Gibson, the film depicts the true story of Operation Chastise when in 1943 the...
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    roles include Jonathan Cooper in Stage Fright (1950), Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955), Sir Walter Raleigh in The Virgin Queen (1955)...
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  • Guy Gibson Campbell (August 6, 1890 – December 2, 1957) was an American medical doctor. He served as a medical officer on a US Army transport during the...
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    Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7509-4758-9. Gibson, Guy. Enemy Coast Ahead. London: Pan Books, 1955. Gibson's own account. OCLC 2947593 Hastings, Max. Operation...
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    Squadron RAF attacked German dams in the Ruhr valley using "bouncing bombs"; Guy Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cross for this action. The war on the land did...
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    in a suburb of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. He was named Guy in tribute to Guy Gibson of No. 617 Squadron RAF. His father Ian was a successful privateer...
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    Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson AO (born January 3, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. The recipient of multiple accolades, he is known for his action...
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    when six Hampdens of No. 83 Squadron, led by (the then) Flying Officer Guy Gibson and three No. 49 Squadron Hampdens, one piloted by Flying Officer Roderick...
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    Kirk Gibson's 1988 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, on October 15, 1988, at Dodger Stadium in...
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    617 Squadron, Wing Commander Guy Gibson, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in the raid. After the raid, Gibson was withdrawn from flying (due...
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    Wellingore on his final flight, in which he was killed. In November 1940, Guy Gibson, who later led Operation Chastise (better known as the Dambusters Raid)...
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  • to Gibson's own background. In 1983, he returned to daytime television, playing "Tom 'Hawk' Haney" on One Life to Live and appeared on The Fall Guy. Gibson's...
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    Look up Guy or guy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. . Guy (/ɡaɪ/ ghy, French: [ɡi]) is a masculine given name derived from an abbreviated version of...
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    1899 which was extensively renovated in 1932. On September 11, 1918, Guy Gibson, leader of Operation Chastise, the famous "Dambusters Raid" of 1943, was...
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  • Bomber Command, including a sortie on 16 January 1943 to Berlin piloted by Guy Gibson. On the raids he recorded commentary for broadcast the following day....
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  • including Big Nine with Athol Guy and Ford Superquiz with Bert Newton. In 1986, The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Gibson had recently won $100,000 and...
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  • Commander Guy Gibson VC, DSO, DFC. It covers his time in RAF Bomber Command from the very earliest days of war in 1939 through to 1943. Gibson wrote the...
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  • screen to concert hall. In his 1944 appearance on Desert Island Discs, Guy Gibson, leader of the Dambusters raid, asked for it as his first choice. One...
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  • US Representative from Pennsylvania Sir Guy Campbell, 5th Baronet (1910–1993), British colonel Guy Gibson Campbell (1890–1957), American medical doctor...
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  • Gordon Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people Graeme Gibson (1934–2019), Canadian novelist Greg Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people Guy Gibson (1918–1944)...
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    Gibson, Inc. (formerly Gibson Guitar Corporation and Gibson Brands Inc.) is an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and professional...
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    his brother's house. The following year Gibson and Eve were married at All Saints Church in Penarth. Guy Gibson flew his Blenheim bomber from his airbase...
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    expected. The Institute has a plaque to Guy Gibson VC, leader of the Dambuster Raid, on the wall facing the harbour. Gibson was born in India, but saw Porthleven...
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  • In July 1965, a hit song Gibson had co-written with Berry and Roger Christian, called "You Really Know How to Hurt a Guy", peaked at number 27 for Jan...
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  • pupils of the School".[citation needed] These included, among many others, Guy Gibson of 617 Squadron, who led 'The Dambusters', flying ace Douglas Bader, and...
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  • about Royal Air Force 617 Squadron originally commanded by Wing Commander Guy Gibson V.C. during World War II. The squadron became known as the "Dam Busters"...
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    32 is the former residence of Wing Commander Guy Gibson, leader of the Dambusters raid in 1943. Guy Gibson (1918–1944), Leader of the Dambusters Raid (No...
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