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Les Munro, last surviving Dambusters pilot, dies in New Zealand

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Post by Irn Bru Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:48 pm

Munro, who died of heart problems in a hospital in Auckland, was a member of the RAF's 617 Squadron that famously conducted a series of strikes against Germany’s Ruhr dams in Operation Chastise, known as the Dambusters raids

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/11781800/Dambusters-pilot-Les-Munro-dies-in-New-Zealand.html

RIP Les and thankyou for the service you gave to our country in one of the most daring raids of WWII. You really did make a difference along with all the others who fought for our freedom.
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Post by Guest Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:47 pm

Only just noticed this. Bomber Command lost so many men, RIP to a man who did so well. The way there was never a campaign medal struck for them was disgusting. RIP brave man, another Lanc Pilot like my Dad.

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