Last Surviving Dambuster dies aged 101

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    RIP George Leonard "Johnny" Johnson.

    Hero.
     
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    That was played at my grandfathers funeral (he was a Lancaster tail gunner and still involved in the RAF association when he died). I still can't listen to it now - 31 years later.
     
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    RIP GEORGE
    And Thank You
     
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    “Hero” is a word banded about far too easily. You sir are indeed a hero. RIP knowing the debt this country and its people owe you and your colleagues.
     
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    I came on here to write exactly the same mate
     
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    An absolute hero with all those lads. Sad times.
     
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    Just seen on the news Carol Vorderman is leading a campaign for him to be posthumously awarded an MBE. Says a lot about our awards system when you see some of the knighted recipients and many others recognised for “services” to a multitude of industries etc
     
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    Apologies. C V led a campaign to get him the MBE which he only recently received. The sad thing is he had to wait for so long to get it while the rest of the survivors didn’t live long enough to proudly receive theirs.
     
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    A HUGE THANK YOU.
     
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    You couldn't make that up totally disgraceful.
     
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