Nearly 80 years after his death, Guy Gibson remains one of the most celebrated and controversial figures in British military history. Born in India in 1918 and brought up in England, Guy Gibson joined the RAF in the years preceding World War II. Gibson took part in the first aerial attack of the war, on the Kiel Canal, served in Fighter Command and then, in 1943, he led the famous raid on the Mohne and Eder dams for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. This new edition, which draws on conversations with members of Gibson’s family and on notes made by his widow, expands upon his early life and familial turmoil, his marital discontent and the various theories associated with his untimely death in 1944. Susan Ottaway has had a lifelong enthusiasm for aeroplanes, books and twentieth century history. She worked for four different airlines over a period of 20 years, mainly in the UK but also in Germany and Australia, and wrote her first book, a biography of Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC, before leaving the world of aviation. She has since written seven more books including the acclaimed Fly with the Stars , a history of British South American Airways, with her brother and co-author Ian Ottaway, and the bestselling Sisters, Secrets and Sacrifice , the story of Jacqueline and Eileen Nearne who were agents with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. She lives in Hampshire with Nick and their dog and three cats.