"Well supposing - he put it very nicely - he said, 'supposing a Mosquito - his radio and his radar was knocked out an he was lost and he spotted a Lancaster - he would only want to follow it home wouldn't he? 617 Squadron (617. The tape has been uncovered by World War Two researcher James Cutler, who says he is "100 per cent satisfied that Guy Gibson was killed by friendly fire." "I realised one of the great mysteries of World War II may have been answered.

These are external links and will open in a new windowA film maker claims to have uncovered evidence that "friendly fire" was responsible for the death of Dambusters hero Guy Gibson.Wing Cdr Gibson, who led the famous bouncing bomb raids on German dams during World War II, died in a mysterious plane crash in 1944.A number of theories have been put forward, including a fuel gauge error.Now producer James Cutler has said he has a tape in which a British airman admits to shooting him down.Wing Cdr Gibson commanded 617 Squadron, a force of Lancaster bombers specially formed at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire to attack dams in Germany's Ruhr Valley.He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in the operation, which breached two of its targets in May 1943.The 26-year-old was killed when his Mosquito plane crashed on its way back from another mission in Germany the following year.No official reason was ever given for the fatal crash.But Mr Cutler, who has been researching Wing Cdr Gibson for a new Dambusters film being made by Lord of the Rings director Sir Peter Jackson, claimed the taped account had solved the mystery.He said the cassette features Sgt Bernard McCormack, who was in Wing Cdr Gibson's formation of 227 Lancaster bombers and 10 Mosquitoes on the mission, admitting to bringing down Wing Cdr Gibson's Mosquito after mistaking it for an enemy craft.Recorded by Sgt McCormack prior to his death in 1992, the tape describes how he was returning from Germany to RAF Woodall in Lincolnshire when he spotted what he thought was a German Junkers 88.He said he loosed off 600 rounds of machine gun fire, bringing it down over the Dutch town of Steenbergen.But at a debriefing by RAF intelligence it was revealed he had actually shot down Wing Cdr Gibson and his navigator Jim Warwick.Mr Cutler was given the tape by Sgt McCormack's wife.He said coordinates given in a classified combat report from Sgt McCormack's crew found in the National Archives backed up the pilot's account.He said: "When I first heard the tape I thought 'It's just a story told by old comrades'. We said 'it had twin engines and a single rudder.' Gibson's plane had been carrying red Target Indicator flares which he was unable to drop over Germany due to a fault. Wing Cdr Gibson received his Victoria Cross at Buckingham Palace in June 1943 Eileen Isabella Ronnie Gibson (16 June 1926 – 18 October 1947), known professionally as Gay Gibson, was an actress who went missing during a sailing of a ship between Cape Town in South Africa and Southampton, England in October 1947. Mr Cutler has also unearthed two previously-classified reports in the National Archives that contradict official RAF records stating that no planes were encountered on the night Wing Commander Gibson was killed. He instinctively opened fire and sent it crashing to the ground, killing Gibson and his navigator instantly. Wing Commander Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1943 for successfully leading 617 Squadron on the daring raids on a series of damns in the industrial Rhur valley in Germany. The location given was over Steenbergen.

Wing Cdr Gibson, centre, was 26 when he died At the time of his birth his father was an officer in the Imperial Indian Forestry Service, becoming the Chief conservator of forests for the Simla Hill States in 1922. Guy Gibson, the heroic pilot who led the Dambusters raids during the Second World War, was shot down and killed by friendly fire from one of his own men, it has been claimed. Mr Cutler said: "It could only have been Guy Gibson's plane because the co-ordinates in both these new documents were right over the spot where his plane came down. Racked with guilt, Sgt McCormack told nobody about what happened that night - but left a taped confession of the incident, which he gave to his wife before he died in 1992. "For Guy Gibson to be killed by friendly fire was a huge blunder." Im weiteren Verlauf des Krieges starb er bei einem Einsatz über den Niederlanden. September 1944 in Steenbergen, Niederlande) war der erste Kommandeur der No. "However some experts in Lincolnshire said they still favoured the traditional explanation.Roger Crisp, from RAF Scampton Historical Museum, said: "Gibson was very egotistical, he liked to be the best at everything and he was impatient. Gibson was born in Simla, India, the son of Alexander James Gibson and his wife Leonora ("Nora") Mary Gibson.
On the night of September 19, 1944, Gibson led 227 Lancaster bombers and 10 Mosquitos on an attack of Rheydt and Muchengladbach in Germany They faced little opposition from enemy planes and were returning over the Netherlands when Gibson's plane came down. The following day we were called in to the office and we were quizzed again. Various explanations have been put forward for his death, including pilot error, sabotage and running out of fuel. "When we got back we claimed a Ju 88 show down.

A wartime telegram announcing the death of war hero Guy Gibson has been unearthed to reveal how the RAF hushed up the sad news to preserve public morale. In his confession tape, Sgt McCormack can be heard saying: "We were on the way back over Holland and then all of a sudden this kite comes right behind us twin engines and a single rudder - and it comes bouncing in towards us so we opened fire and we blew him up. Staffel) der Royal Air Force. "I am satisfied 100 per cent that Guy Gibson was killed by friendly fire and 99.9 per cent sure that he was shot down by Bernard McCormack's plane. He said: 'So has a Mosquito.'

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