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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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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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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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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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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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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RAF Scampton (section Guy Gibson)
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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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 After the raid, Gibson was withdrawn from flying (due...
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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 privateer motorbike...
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not want to be cast in war movies although he had notably appeared as Guy Gibson in The Dambusters (1955) and would go on to play Major John Howard in...
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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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Deborah Ann Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She released her debut album Out of the Blue (1987) at age 16...
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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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RAF Wellingore (section Guy Gibson)
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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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 a...
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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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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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Gordon Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people Graeme Gibson (1934–2019), Canadian novelist Greg Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people Guy Gibson (1918–1944)...
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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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16 (Polish) SFTS during Winter 1942/43 In March 1943, Wing Commander Guy Gibson was commanding officer of 106 Sqn at Syerston, before he was given the...
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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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aircraft. A red Very light was fired from Z-Zebra and the Squadron Leader, Guy Gibson, called out to Maudslay asking "Are you ok?" To which the faint signal...
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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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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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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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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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Glamorganshire Golf Club (section Guy Gibson VC)
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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