Dambuster: The Life of Guy Gibson VC
By Susan Ottaway
Nearly 80 years after his death, Guy Gibson remains one of the most celebrated and controversial figures in British military history.
Born in India in 1918 and brought up in England, Guy Gibson joined the RAF in the years preceding World War II. Gibson took part in the first aerial attack of the war, on the Kiel Canal, and served in Fighter Command. Then, in 1943, he led the famous raid on the Mohne and Eder dams, for which he earned the Victoria Cross.
This new edition, which draws on conversations with members of Gibson’s family and on notes made by his widow, expands upon his early life and familial turmoil, his marital discontent and the various theories associated with his untimely death in 1944.
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