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THS is a magnificent story, well and simply told by as great a
warrior as these Islands ever bred. It is also History.
Guy Gibson was not a professional airman; he joined the service
in peace time "because he wanted to learn to fly." War supervened
and he remained an airman until his death in action.
His natural aptitude for Leadership, his outstanding skill and his
extraordinary valour marked him early for command; for Great
Attempts and Great Achievements. His personal contribution to-
wards victory was beyond doubt unsurpassed.
In every facet of his character he was a thoroughbred. He was not
only admired but loved by all who knew him.
In this book he tells of the Bomber's work as he saw it from the
necessarily somewhat circumscribed viewpoint of an individual cog
in a vast machine, as Commander ofa Flight and later of a Squadron.
Guy Gibson fought from the first days of the "phoney" war
(phoney because we had nothing to keep fighting with) until his
death. He lived to see the dawn of certain victory; and no one man
did more to bring it about. He would not stop fighting. He resisted
or avoided all efforts to rest him from operations. For his first "rest"
he asked to be transferred to night fighting, and as a highly skilled
night pilot he was of great value to Fighter Command in raising and
training the night fighting force which eventually defeated the
"blitz." To enforce a second "rest" on him I had to make a …