Название: The Death of Guy Gibson: Who, or What, Killed the Dambuster VC
Автор: M. S. Morgan
Издательство: Air World
ISBN: 1036119378
Год: 2024
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 256
Размер: 17,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
On the night of 19/20 September 1944, a force of 227 Avro Lancasters and ten de Havilland Mosquitoes was dispatched to attack the German towns of Mönchengladbach and Rheydt. The Master Bomber for the raid was none other than Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar. Along with his navigator, Squadron Leader James Warwick DFC, Gibson was flying Mosquito KB627 of 627 Squadron from RAF Coningsby, where he was serving as the Base Operations Officer.