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Last surviving Dambuster 'Johnny' Johnson dies at 101 : (FLYER magazine)

Sq Ldr George 'Johnny' Johnson, last survivor of the WWII Dambusters Raid has died at the age of 101.

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Last Dambuster George 'Johnny' Johnson dies aged 101 (North Wales Pioneer)

The RAF officer was the last surviving original member of the squadron that took part in the famous bombing raid on German dams.

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Tributes paid as last surviving Dambuster Johnny Johnson dies (BBC News)

Sq Ldr George 'Johnny' Johnson, 101, was part of the World War Two operation involving bouncing bombs.

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Dambuster Johnny Johnson has died aged 101 (Rhyl Journal)

The RAF veteran was the last surviving original member of the RAF 617 Squadron's famous “Dambusters” raid of 1943. Johnson died peacefully at his care home ...

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Last surviving Dambuster, 'Johnny' Johnson, dies aged 101 (The Guardian)

Johnson was a bomb-aimer in squadron that destroyed German dams during second world war.

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Last Dambuster Johnny Johnson dies aged 101 (Evening Standard)

The last survivor of the World War Two Dambusters has died at the age of 101.

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'Johnny' Johnson obituary (The Guardian)

Last of the Dambusters who served as a Lancaster bomb-aimer during the RAF's most audacious raid of the second world war.

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Last Dambuster George 'Johnny' Johnson dies aged 101 in Bristol (ITV News)

He was the last surviving original member of RAF 617 Squadron's famous “Dambusters” raid of 1943. | ITV News West Country.

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Final Dambuster George 'Johnny' Johnson has died (Newark Advertiser)

The last surviving Dambuster, George 'Johnny' Johnson, has died at the age of 101, it has been announced.

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What was the Dambuster raid? Johnny Johnson the last Dambuster ... (Evening Standard)

During the Second World War, Johnny Johnson served as a bomb aimer in the squadron that destroyed vital German dams.

Of the 133 crew members who took part, 53 were killed in the raid and three were captured. Only Johnson and Canadian front-gunner Fred Sutherland remained after his death. Operation Chastise was the codename for the mission. The Ruhr valley was devastated by catastrophic flooding brought on by the bombing raid, which also destroyed factories and hydroelectric power plants. [Dambuster](https://www.standard.co.uk/topic/dambusters) pilot, Les Munro, passed away in 2015 at the age of 96. There were just eight weeks of intensive low-level training and technical preparation before the raid.

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Call for Dambuster George 'Johnny' Johnson road name tribute (Bristol Live)

But Bristol mayor says new street at centre of tobacco road name row has already been decided.

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Tributes paid to war hero Johnny Johnson (Newark Advertiser)

Tributes have been paid to the last remaining hero of the second world war Dambuster raid, George 'Johnny' Johnson, who died yesterday.

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