"HULL: An author has won a publishing company's book of the month award.
Bretwalda Books has announced their independent panel of readers chose Guy Gibson VC by Hull writer John Fareham."
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Thrilling biography of the man who led the Dambusters
Raid. Guy Gibson was chosen to lead the great Dambusters Raid of 1943 as
he had already proven himself to be a skilled pilot and a magnificent
leader of men. Having joined the RAF in 1936, Gibson was a bomber pilot
when war broke out. He won a DFC in July 1940 then, having completed a
tour of operations volunteered for Fighter Command and flew
nightfighters on 99 sorites during which he was awarded a bar to his DFC
and the DSO. He then returned to Bomber Command and flew 46 more
missions before being chosen to form and command No.617 Squadron for the
Dambusters Raid. After a period off operations, Gibson returned to
Bomber Command to act as a Pathfinder. He was killed on one such raid in
September 1944. This book looks at the life and career of the man who
led the most famous bombing raid of World War II. It is a gripping
account of his life and exploits, revealing new and little known facts
about Guy Gibson for the first time.
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