Official Club calendar 2024 – September photo

During 2024 we are presenting the image from the Club calendar in the newsletter for that month, with some details about the picture, including when and where the photo was taken. For September we chose the action-packed photo, taken by Club member Caroline Haycock, of BBMF Spitfire Mk IX MK356 in close formation with Hurricane Mk II LF363.

Guy Gibson’s last flight – September 1944

Header image: Wg Cdr Guy Gibson VC DSO and Bar DFC and Bar, one of the most famous and highly decorated RAF pilots of the Second World War, was killed flying on ‘ops’ in September 1944.

Eighty years ago this month, on the night of 19th September 1944, Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC DSO and Bar DFC and Bar, probably the most famous RAF pilot of all time, was lost on a bombing operation in a de Havilland Mosquito. Despite all that he had achieved, he was still just 26 years old when he died.

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