An open air service is being held this Saturday to remember Porthleven hero Guy Gibson.
Guy, who spent his childhood days in Cornwall and lived for a time in Porthleven, his mother’s home, was wing commander with the Dambusters in the Second World War and received the Victoria Cross for his daring.
The squadron’s courageous low-level night bombing attacks on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams during World War II remain legendary.
September 19 marks the anniversary of Guy’s death, in the latter days of the war during a Mosquito Pathfinder mission.
Guy spent his childhood days in Cornwall and lived for a time in Porthleven, his mother’s home.
Members of the Helston branch of the Royal Air Force Association gather each year to commemorate the anniversary of his death and at 2pm on Saturday they will be at Porthleven cemetery for a service mirroring the one that takes place at his graveside in Steenburgen, Holland.
This year is particularly poignant, as it marks 70 years since the outbreak of the conflict.
Flowers will be placed on the memorial tablet in memory of the sacrifice made by Guy and many of his squadron colleagues all those years ago.
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