# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guy-gibson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:01:25.022Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/guy-gibson"
name: "Guy Gibson"
slug: "guy-gibson"
description: "Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, 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 being killed in action at the age of 26."
tagline: "First CO of the Royal Air Force's 617 Squadron (1918–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VCGuyPenroseGibson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1918-08-12"
deathDate: "1944-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.67733866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1355122/"
    handle:    "nm1355122"
sources:
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    title: "Guy Gibson"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gibson"
    title: "Guy Gibson"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gibson"
    title: "Guy Gibson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Guy Gibson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gibson"
    title: "Guy Gibson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gibson"
    title: "Guy Gibson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%92%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "גאי גיבסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ガイ・ギブソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Guy Gibson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Guy Gibson"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gibson"
    title: "Guy Gibson"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump