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He was a dambuster, a member of 617 squadron who dropped bouncing bombs from their lancaster aircraft. he was just 21 years old. i feel privileged and honoured to have been able to take part in that raid, one which i shall never forget. johnnyjohnson was the bomb aimer on his lancaster and he would lie flat on its stomach in the front of the aircraft here. on the night of the raid, once they were over the target, he wasn t happy with the approach so he asked his pilot to go round again and again, leading to some anxious comments from the rest of the crew. dave rodger in the rear turret, after about the sixth or seventh dummy run said, won t somebody get that bomb out of here? to me, to not do it properly was a waste of time, so on the tenth run, we were down at 30 feet and i said, bomb gone . thank christ! , came from the rear turret. ....

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