Johnny Johnson (RAF officer)
British Royal Air Force officer (1921–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Dambusters bomb aimer. For the flying ace and later air vice marshal, see Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer).
Squadron Leader George Leonard Johnson MBE DFM (25 November 1921 − 7 December 2022), better known as Johnny Johnson, was a British Royal Air Force officer who was the last surviving original member of No. 617 Squadron RAF and of Operation Chastise, the "Dambusters" raid of 1943.
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Birth name | George Leonard Johnson |
Born | (1921-11-25)25 November 1921 Hameringham, Lincolnshire, England |
Died | 7 December 2022(2022-12-07) (aged 101) Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, England |
Buried | Torquay, Devon |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1940–1962 |
Rank | Squadron leader |
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Spouse(s) |
Gwyneth Morgan
(m. 1943; died 2005) |
Children | 3 |
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