Ward and Gibson
Whilst acknowledging the flying skill of Ward, surely the real keys to the successful air campaign, were the AIM 9L and the positioning of a long-range radar and ELINT facilities in southern Chile to provide early warning of raids taking off from Argentina?
On the subject of Guy Gibson’s death, I have read that he was unfamiliar with the type of Mosquito he few that evening, but he rejected the offer of a quick brief from one of the other pilots on the various differences. The aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed probably because Gibson didn’t know how to locate and operate the fuel transfer switches located behind his seat.