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Lot 155
A black and white photograph of the grave of Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC DSO DFC, contained in a cream and red Bakelite table frame 15cm x 15cm x 5cm, the grave is situated in the Roman Catholic Cemetery at Steenbergen-en-Kruisland, Netherlands. The photograph is visible in photos of Sir Barnes Wallis' office on top of a bookcase. A colour photo of the pair of graves of Gibson and his navigator, Squadron Leader Jim Warwick DFC, was found in the frame and is also included. Gibson and Warwick died on 19th September 1944 when their Mosquito aircraft crashed in Holland.  £500-700

Museum reference 799Z/0C16/C