Last 'Dambuster' flies in Lancaster

摘要

The last surviving British crew member from No 617 Squadron's raid on the Ruhr dams, Sqn Ldr George 'Johnny' Johnson, flew in the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight's Lancaster I PA474 from RAF Coningsby on 17 May to mark the 75th anniversary of the raid, Operation 'Chastise'. Johnson flew in the bomb-aimer position, the same as he occupied in 1943. The Lancaster passed over the dams of the Derwent Valley, exactly the same journey he took just over 75 years ago while training for the mission.