Article 66MFP Last surviving Dambuster, ‘Johnny’ Johnson, dies aged 101

Last surviving Dambuster, ‘Johnny’ Johnson, dies aged 101

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Matthew Weaver
from World news | The Guardian on (#66MFP)

Johnson was a bomb-aimer in squadron that destroyed German dams during second world war

The last survivor of the Dambuster bouncing bomb raids of 1943 has died at the age of 101.

George Leonard Johnny" Johnson was a bomb-aimer in the 617 squadron which destroyed vital dams in Germany's industrial Ruhr valley during the second world war.

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