Guy Penrose Gibson

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Royal Air Force officer human

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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Guy Penrose Gibson canonical 1

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Predicate Object
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 and Bar ⓘ
surface form: Distinguished Flying Cross

Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar ⓘ
Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
surface form: Distinguished Service Order and Bar

The Victoria Cross ⓘ
surface form: Victoria Cross
burialPlace Steenbergen-en-Kruisland Roman Catholic Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath aircraft crash ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
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 ⓘ
surface form: Dambusters raid

Operation Chastise ⓘ
occupation bomber pilot ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
placeOfBirth British India ⓘ
Shimla ⓘ
surface form: Simla
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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