Guy Gibson

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Name: Guy Gibson

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Dambusters hero is recalled on raid's 70th...

THOUGHTS were with Porthleven's famous war hero on the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid.Wing Commander Guy Gibson, whose mother and grandparents were from the port, led the daring attack on the Ruhr Dams in May 1943.After 170 operations, he was ... [Published This is Cornwall - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Guy Gibson, Winston Churchill, Memory

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

How ‘two local hacks’ recreated Dambusters flights

Two former regional press journalists have recalled the day more than 35 years ago when they helped the Dambusters return to Derbyshire?s Peak District. Photographer David Green and Reporter Philip Lyon were working for the Halifax Courier when they decided ... [Published Hold The Front Page - 6 hours ago]

Entities: RAF Strike Command, Halifax (Canada), Guy Gibson, Aviation

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

BRE opens doors for dambusters model

The Building Research Establishment (BRE) is opening its doors in Watford this weekend to reveal untold secrets about the 1943 dambusters mission. The original model of the Mohne Dam used by the Building Research Station to test Barnes Wallis bouncing ... [Published Construction Index - May 22 2013]

Entities: Richard Todd, Guy Gibson, Barnes Wallis

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Hobbits hold up the Dambusters

UNLIKE the brave men of Bomber Command who hit those dams so accurately in Germany 70 years ago, the producer who wants to remake the famous film about the daring mission keeps on missing his target. BARNES WALLIS: Colin Firth Sir Peter Jackson's plans ... [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 19 2013]

Entities: Guy Gibson, Peter Jackson, Barnes Wallis, Tom Hollander, Colin Firth

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Dambusters: Battle to celebrate engineers

An artist's impression of Lancaster bombers from the RAF's No 617 Squadron attacking the Moehne dam. Picture: PAIt was just before 9pm at the end of a sweltering day, and the sun had not yet set on the airfield as Henry “Harry” Taylor cast one final professional ... [Published The Scotsman - May 17 2013]

Entities: Guy Gibson, Bomb, Bomber

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

World War II 70th anniversary Call them the Dambusters

The war was being fought on land, mostly in North Africa; at sea, mostly in the Atlantic and in the air. The Battle of Britain had been fought and won, the Germans continued to bomb British towns but the Royal Air Force was increasingly penetrating German ... [Published Cay Compass - May 17 2013]

Entities: Bomb, Guy Gibson, anti-aircraft, Squadron

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Thousands cheer our brave bomber heroes

THE roar of a Lancaster bomber brought memories of Britainâs wartime heroes flooding back yesterday. Men of courage Munro and Johnson wrap up at RAF Scampton Thousands clapped and cheered as the plane flew over Derwent Reservoir in the Peak District to ... [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 17 2013]

Entities: Bomber, George Johnson, Les Munro, RAF Scampton

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 6 reports

Dambusters bomber returns to reservoir 70 years after raids

MORE than seven decades ago, Lancaster bomber crews carried out top secret training flights over the Derwent reservoir in preparation for one of the most daring operations of the Second World War. Back then the only spectators were military top brass, ... [Published Yorkshire Post - May 17 2013]

Entities: Bomber, Squadron, Battle of Britain

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Dambusters: Back where it all began, a lone Lancaster marks 70 years since the audacious Dambusters raid

Their audacity and skill have become the stuff of legend, though nearly half of them never made it back.Yesterday, on the 70th anniversary of the most famous raid in RAF history, the Dambusters of 617 Squadron were honoured with the simplest but most ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 16 2013]

Entities: Guy Gibson, Squadron, RAF Scampton, Bomber

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Dambusters bomber returns to reservoir 70 years after raids

MORE than seven decades ago, Lancaster bomber crews carried out top secret training flights over the Derwent reservoir in preparation for one of the most daring operations of the Second World War.Back then the only spectators were military top brass, ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 17 2013]

Entities: Bomber, Guy Gibson, Barnes Wallis

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Latest News: How the Dam Busters mission became a British wartime legend

The Dam Busters raid has entered military folklore. Gray from the University of Birmingham, a former Air Commodore and Senior Research Fellow in Air Power Studies looks at the myths surrounding the mission.This week sees the 70th Anniversary of the famous ... [Published Birmingham Post - May 16 2013]

Entities: Guy Gibson, Squadron, Operation Chastise, Bomber, Albert Speer

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 9 reports

Dambusters: a Lincolnshire legacy

On the 70th anniversary of the Dambuster raids, Lancasters will be taking to the Lincolnshire skies, says Nigel Richardson . Being the rear gunner in a Lancaster bomber: you wouldn’t wish it on anybody. There you were, suspended in a Perspex bull’s eye ... [Published Telegraph - May 16 2013]

Entities: Guy Gibson, RAF Scampton, Barnes Wallis, Squadron, Bomber

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Dambusters hero is recalled on raid's 70th... [Published This is Cornwall - 6 hours ago]
How ‘two local hacks’ recreated Dambusters flights [Published Hold The Front Page - 6 hours ago]
BRE opens doors for dambusters model [Published Construction Index - May 22 2013]
How Dambuster charity day was invaded by ‘Nazis’ [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 20 2013]
Hobbits hold up the Dambusters [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 19 2013]
Lancaster bomber flypast marks 70 years since t... [Published Canadian Content - May 18 2013]
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Service held to remember Midland RAF pilot who ... [Published Birmingham Mail - May 18 2013]
Dambusters anniversary: Chris Evans given trip ... [Published Mail Online UK - May 17 2013]
Dambusters: Battle to celebrate engineers [Published The Scotsman - May 17 2013]
The Dambusters: marking the 70th anniversary of... [Published Herald Scotland - May 17 2013]
Dambusters debated [Published Royal Aeronautical Society - May 17 2013]
Sault's Rodger was a Dambuster [Published Sault Star Online - May 17 2013]
DAMBUSTERS: The impact of the bombs and the boo... [Published Boston Standard - May 17 2013]
World War II 70th anniversary Call them the Dam... [Published Cay Compass - May 17 2013]
DAMBUSTERS: The history of the brave mission 70... [Published Boston Standard - May 17 2013]
Memorial event for Spitfire pilot killed in cra... [Published Herald Scotland - May 17 2013]
Thousands cheer our brave bomber heroes [Published Scottish Daily Express - May 17 2013]
Dambusters bomber returns to reservoir 70 years... [Published Yorkshire Post - May 17 2013]
70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid marked ... [Published Daily Star - May 17 2013]
Dambusters bomber returns to reservoir 70 years... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 17 2013]
Dambusters 70 years on: Pictures of flypast tri... [Published Mirror.co.uk - May 17 2013]
Dambusters: Back where it all began, a lone Lan... [Published Mail Online UK - May 16 2013]
Dambusters models: Scale models built in Watfor... [Published Mail Online UK - May 16 2013]
News story: Dambusters raid remembered [Published Inside government - Ministry of Defence - May 16 2013]
Video: Flypast marks 70 years since Dambuster R... [Published Harborough Today - May 16 2013]
Dambusters 70: Sir Arthur Harris builds Bomber ... [Published This is Lincolnshire - May 16 2013]
Dambusters 70: Bomber Command form 617 squadron... [Published This is Lincolnshire - May 16 2013]
Hundreds gather to see Lancaster bomber mark 70... [Published Manchester Evening News - May 16 2013]
Dambusters 70: Bomber Command makes its home in... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 16 2013]