page_title: Guy Gibson
section_title: Honours, awards and citations
hierarchical_section_title: Guy Gibson / Honours, awards and citations
caption_attribution_description: English: Guy Gibson Medals. From left to right Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order (with bar), Distinguished Flying Cross (with bar), 1939–45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with 'France and Germany' clasp, War Medal 1939–1945.
context_page_description: Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar was a distinguished bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was the first Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in 1943, resulting in the breaching of two large dams in the Ruhr area of Germany. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, in the aftermath of the raid in May 1943 and became the most highly decorated British serviceman at that time. He completed over 170 war operations before dying in action at the age of 26.
context_section_description: Gibson's Victoria Cross and other medals are on display at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, England.
  Initially Eve Gibson presented them to the Imperial War Museum. However, in 1956 she presented them to Gibson's father. He wore them to the Remembrance Day parade in 1956. He then passed them on to St Edward's School and they were placed in the school's memorial library until his death in 1968.
caption: Guy Gibson's medals on display at the RAF museum. The VC is furthest to the left (click through for more information).
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