Dambuster - George 'Johnny' Johnson
Posted on Thursday 9th May 2013












Further Reading
Voices in Flight: The Dambuster Squadron
(Hardback - 196 pages)
ISBN: 9781781593714
by Colin Higgs
Only £19.99
They were the Dambusters – the pilots and crew of the RAF's elite 617 Squadron. They flew the most difficult missions. They breached the Dams! They sank the Tirpitz! They were the only squadron to drop the immense Grand Slam bombs and with them they destroyed bridges, viaducts and even Hitler's impregnable U-boat pens.
In this unique book, introduced by Dams raid survivor, George 'Johnny' Johnson, authors Colin Higgs and Bruce Vigar present no less than nine exclusive interviews with men who flew and fought in 617…
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Further Reading
Dambusters
(Commemorative magazine)
ISBN: 9781783400133
Only £6.00 RRP £6.99
The mission became popularly known as the Dambusters raid, and was immortalised in a 1954 war film. It was one of the most famous air operations of World War II.
Casualties for the raid were high. Eight of the original 19 Lancaster bombers were damaged or shot down, and of the 133 aircrew, 53 were killed and three captured.
On the ground, too, almost 1,300 people were killed, including 749 Ukrainian prisoners of war based in a camp just below the Eder dam.
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Of further interest...

Dambuster Crash Sites - The Men Who Didn't Come Home
Fri 17th MayChris Ward and Andreas Wachtel describe the crash sites of some of the men who took part in the Dambuster Raid and did not return. Read article...

The Men Who Breached the Dams
Thu 9th MayAlan W Cooper looks back on the night of the attack on the Ruhr Valley Dams by 617 'Dambuster' Squadron on 16/17 May 1943. Read article...


Dambuster Guy Gibson VC DSO DFC
Wed 16th MayExtract from Dambuster: The Life of Guy Gibson VC DSO DFC by Susan Ottaway and reproduced by permission of Pen and Sword Books Ltd. Read article...