September 21, 2007 at 5:56 am
Any one remember the passing of Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC, DFC, DSO and Bar, born 12 August 1918, Simla India, Died 19 September 1944 aged 26, Steenbergen, Holland.
On the 19th September 1944 he flew out of Woodhall Spa on a bombing mission flying a Mosquito of 627 Squadron, having compleated the bombing raid, Gibson went on to check anti aircraft positions, sadly the aircraft crashed, killing both Gibson and his navigator,Squadron Leader J.B.Warick.
R.I.P.