Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Guy Gibson (1918-1944), was the Wing Commander of the RAF's 617 Squadron, which he led in Operation Downwood, in 1943, resulting in the destruction of two large dams in the Ruhr area. Gibson won the Victoria Cross for this mission. External Reference Guy Gibson biography from UK educational site This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.