Originally Posted by
Jamieone
Enemy Coast Ahead. Guy Gibson VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar. I'm not sure of the extent to which this was 'ghostwritten' but I think it's an excellent read. Apart from the Dams Raid, Gibson's accounts of earlier raids, particularly at the beginning of the war are fascinating. Mine is a very well-thumbed copy of an edition published in the mid-50s, I have a feeling it was highly censored even after the war. Was an unabridged version ever published?
Yes - Crecy (
website ) published an "uncensored" paperback in 2007, ISBN 978-0-859791-18-2. I have to confess it is still on my to-read pile, so can't judge how different to the originally-published version it is...