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Last Surviving British 'Dam Buster' Calls For Proper Medal
The last surviving British member of the 'Dam Busters' raid has told Forces TV he’s “angry and insulted” by the government’s refusal to issue a medal to Bomber Command personnel.
94-year-old George “Johnny” Johnson served as a bomb aimer during the famous dams raid.
Royal Air Force personnel who flew missions in bombers during the Second World War suffered immensely.
Out of a total of £125,000, 44.4% of them were killed.
You had a better chance of survival as an infantry officer on the Western Front during the Great War.
A shadow is cast across The International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC)
The former Bomb Aimer of Lancaster ED-825 "AJ-T" said:
"I don't know of any other military unit that lost as many people in World War Two as Bomber Command did.
"I hope it has been taken up by my local MP and it has been passed to the Prime Minister for consideration.
"So I think we might be making a little progress, we'll just have to see what the outcome will be."
He believes political considerations have prevented a Bomber Command medal being struck.
Sensitivities over the damage and death caused by mass bombing raids over German cities like Dresden.
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