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The Last British Dambuster - One man's extraordinary life and the raid that changed history (Paperback)
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The Last British Dambuster - One man's extraordinary life and the raid that changed history (Paperback)
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Johnny Johnson has been awarded an MBE for his remarkable services
in World War II 'I was anxious to fight. Hitler was the bastard who
had started all this and he needed sorting out. We were under
threat. Everything we stood for: our country, our families and our
way of life was being attacked by this maniac. He could not be
allowed to win. So for me and many, many others like me, there was
no alternative. We were in a pickle and something had to be done.'
Johnny Johnson is 95 years old and one of very few men who can
recall first-hand the most daring and ingenious air raid of all
time. He can also vividly remember his childhood spent working on a
farm with his controlling father, the series of events that led him
to the RAF and the rigorous training that followed. But it was his
decision to join 617 Squadron, and the consequences, that have
truly stayed etched in his mind. On 16 May 1943, Johnny, alongside
132 specially selected comrades, took off from Scampton airbase in
Lincolnshire. For six weeks they had been trained to fulfil one
mission that was near impossible: to destroy three dams deep within
Germany's Ruhr Valley. It was a daring task but, against the odds,
Johnny and his crew survived. Sadly, 53 comrades did not. For the
first time, Johnny relives every moment of that fatal night - and
the devastating aftermath. He recalls with unique wit and insight
the difficult training conducted in secrecy, the race against time
to release the bombs, and the sheer strength and bravery shown by a
small unit faced with great adversity and uncertainty. Embodying a
whole squadron, and leaving a lasting legacy for generations to
come, Johnny's story is like no other.
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