Enemy Coast Ahead - Uncensored: The Real Guy Gibson

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It was this rugged plane that the 617 Squadron used to bomb the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams in Operation Chastise. I enjoyed this book, as it gives an insight into a man who was not super human, but just a man in an unimaginable time of war and uncertainty. After his last operation ( December 15th ), he was taken off from operations for a rest, and posted as Chief Flying Instructor at No.

It was serialised in the Sunday Express during the winter of 1944-45, by which time Gibson was dead, the Mosquito that he was flying having crashed near Steenbergen in Holland on 10 September 1944.when at the forefront of the battle, back in England he was hero-worshipped by many, respected, loved, feared and cordially disliked by others.

I can't imagine fighting for 5 years, have 60 plus missions and knowing that there was still long way ahead before the victory over the Third Reich would be secured. an excellent book written by one of my childhood heroes but absolutely ruined by the choice of narrator. Next: I've read the Brickhill, Holland and Hastings books and seen the movie a gazillon times (not a million but feels like it). I found that fascinating and somewhat awe inspiring given that he did this along with many others in his early twenties when (at that age) I was still feeling sorry for myself because some girl or another thought I was a bit spotty.It is often easy to look at your own history through rose-tinted spectacles and ignore the negatives.