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George “Johnny” Johnson MBE – Retired Squadron Leader and Dambusters Raid Survivor

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[Pic: Torquay Herald Express]

On this morning of the 17th May 1943 at 3am, Squadron Leader Johnny Johnson was one of the 77 aircrew that returned from Operation Chastise, commonly known as the “Dambusters Raid”. This attack on the Möhne, Eder, and Sorpe dams in Germany was carried out by nineteen Avro Lancasters using the specially formed 617 Squadron, armed with the famous ‘bouncing bomb’ designed by Barnes Wallis.

This extended, exclusive interview with Johnny Johnson MBE is being released today to coincide with the 77th Anniversary of the catastrophic raid. 

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