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I'm against his knighthood because he's only really getting it for still being alive. My own great grandfather was a Commando. He only got the Africa Star. They made a film about his exploits!

 

Anyway, my faith has been restored in the honours system as my nominee got his MBE (no, I wasn't the nominee).

 

My own great-grandfather won medals in the First World War, but no one's ever heard of him because he died in the 1940s when there was millions of them walking about.

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On ‎5‎/‎16‎/‎2013 at 19:46, Paul Bearer said:

Watching BBC2 The Dambusters: 70 years on. Seems there are only 2 surviving members, Canadian rear gunner Fred Sutherland, 89, and 91-year-old Squadron Leader George 'Johnny' Johnson. Excellent obit chances

Now 75 years on and Sutherland and Johnson still alive.

 

Johnson tells the Mail of his fortune at still being alive (which means he's going on my Poker Tourney team): http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5735623/Britains-surviving-Dambuster-George-Johnny-Johnson-says-misses-crewmen.html

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For a moment I thought this had been updated to say that Johnson had died.

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Those survivors from the 1955 film, according to IMDB:

 

Tony  Doonan (Flt Lt REG Hutchison DFC) - b. 1927

John Fraser (Flt Lt JV Hopgood DFC) - b. 1931 d. 2020

Denys Graham (Flying Officer LG Knight DSO) - b. 1926

Gerald Harper (Mocking RAF Officer) - b. 1929

Philip Latham (Flight Sergeant) - b. 1929, d. 2020

Nina Parry (Barnes Wallis' Daughter) - b. ???

 

Unless you know different...

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On ‎16‎/‎05‎/‎2013 at 19:46, Paul Bearer said:

Watching BBC2 The Dambusters: 70 years on. Seems there are only 2 surviving members, Canadian rear gunner Fred Sutherland, 89, and 91-year-old Squadron Leader George 'Johnny' Johnson. Excellent obit chances

Fred Sutherland is dead: https://dambustersblog.com/2019/01/22/fred-sutherland/?fbclid=IwAR19qWfFd3DUMxQcBetFE97_5-vcnNWesLtc14fKFSzB0AcsPiKlLG7OoaM

 

DDP pick.

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44 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

 

 

It says up above he was a rear gunner

 

Shouldn't this be in the LGBT thread?

 

 

 

I'll get me coat!

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On ‎06‎/‎01‎/‎2017 at 11:43, Pedro67 said:

I picked Fred Sutherland for my DDP team. Was looking for unique picks and as no one had him last year........

Finally paid off. QO is inevitable...

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On ‎16‎/‎05‎/‎2013 at 22:35, Paul Bearer said:

Of course, Barnes Wallaces daughter Mary Stopes-Roe is bound to get an obit, born 1927

Report regarding the death of Mary Stopes-Roe:

Pretty good source but then again, it's just a Twitter report.

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George 'Johnny' Johnson is 98 today.

See the source image

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On ‎09‎/‎06‎/‎2018 at 16:41, YoungWillz said:

Those survivors from the 1955 film, according to IMDB:

 

Tony  Doonan (Flt Lt REG Hutchison DFC) - b. 1927

John Fraser (Flt Lt JV Hopgood DFC) - b. 1931 d. 2020

Denys Graham (Flying Officer LG Knight DSO) - b. 1926

Gerald Harper (Mocking RAF Officer) - b. 1929

Philip Latham (Flight Sergeant) - b. 1929, d. 2020

Nina Parry (Barnes Wallis' Daughter) - b. ???

 

Unless you know different...

Haven't really checked but updated for John Fraser who now has a Telegraph Obit: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/11/09/john-fraser-prolific-film-actor-1950s-1960s-dubbed-handsome/

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2 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Not sure how Lawrence "Benny" Goodman fits in here, but "Dambusters" is all over his Wiki. I'm guessing because he was in 617 Squadron.

 

Anyway, he's being reported dead: https://www.key.aero/article/dambuster-lawrence-benny-goodman-dies


The wording on his Wiki page doesn't make it clear but I believe I'm correct in saying he was the last surviving pilot from the operation. Johnny Johnson survives and he was an air gunner.

News to me that there were any surviving pilots though.

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He was indeed a pilot from 617 Squadron, but only began to fly missions with them over a year after the Dambusters raid.

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On 09/06/2018 at 18:41, YoungWillz said:

Those survivors from the 1955 film, according to IMDB:


...

Nina Parry (Barnes Wallis' Daughter) - b. ???

According to imdb, Parry was born in 1944. Couldn't find anything about her from the last over 50 years...

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Thanks all.

 

I wonder if there are any more general 617 Squadron members with a Wiki page still alive?

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On 25/11/2021 at 09:32, time said:

The 'last dambuster' George "Johnny" Johnson reaches 100 today. :birthday:


Johnny Johnson being reported dead on Facebook, aged 101.

 

The last Dambuster. RIP. :( 
 

Edit: Link.

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6 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

Wiki now has a link to the Dambusters blog: https://dambustersblog.com/2022/12/08/johnny-johnson-1921-2022/

 

RIP. 

 

I have him on a list somewhere...

 

 

I had him on lists for years - but not in 2022

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Made his debut in my DDP team in 2015. His biog always had his year of birth wrong. On the plus side, I've still got time to find a replacement.

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