Below is the text from the Aviation in Nottinghamshire booklet about the ‘Gibson’ memorial plaque at Newark Air Museum.
“In the Lancaster Corner display area of Hangar 1 at the museum is a commemorative plaque in memory of Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC and Squadron Leader Jim Warwick DFC. They were killed on 19th September 1944 when their Mosquito aircraft crashed near Steenbergen, The Netherlands. Gibson was the pilot of the aircraft and Warwick was his navigator, at the time of the crash Warwick had been an instructor with 1661 HCU at RAF Winthorpe. The plaque was loaned to the museum by Jan and Connie van-den Driesschen.”
What’s omitted from the text is that during the unveiling ceremony at Newark Jan van-den Driesschen actually picked up my oldest son and he actually pulled the cord to unveil the plaque!!
Jan re-visited the museum earlier this year! 🙂
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