The last of the Dambuster Pilots

[Kwacky]

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The last surviving Dambusters pilot, Les Munro, has died at the age of 96, the New Zealand Bomber Command Association has said.

Sqd Ldr Munro died in hospital in his native New Zealand on Monday following heart problems, the association said.

The legendary World War Two Dambusters operation flew from RAF Scampton, near Lincoln, in 1943 and successfully used "bouncing bombs" to attack German dams.

There are now only two surviving crew members of the Dambusters missions.

Out of 133 crew, only 77 returned.

Sqd Ldr Munro's aircraft was hit by flak, but he made it home after the hit had destroyed communications in his Lancaster bomber over the Netherlands.

Dave Homewood, of the association, described Sqd Ldr Munro as a "down to earth man" who was "very modest about what he did during the war".

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[Rossgo]

RIP to this man. So hard to believe what they have gone through for us and our lives today. They really did shape a world.

[kiwikrasher]

We definitely owe them a lot. I knew there were kiwis on that crew but never realised the remaining pilot was one of them.

On a side note, I served under a Sqn Ldr Munro during my time in the Airforce. I knew him on a personal level too as he was a keen diver and I worked for him as a Divemaster in his dive bussiness he part owned. It was a bit weird diving with him on weekends calling him Muzza then come monday having to call him 'sir' and salute him. Tragically he died in a Skyhawk crash a couple of years before I got out, very close to the airfield (in Australia) and a lot of my old sqn personnel watched him go in. I couldnt make his funeral but I was back living in Australia and made his memorial service a year later.

RIP to both

[Perkles]

rip ,true legend