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Avro Lancaster BIII Special ED825, AJ-T, ‘T-Tommy’, Flt. Lt Joe McCarthy, 617 Sqn RAF, Operation Chastise, May 1943.
Lancaster ED825 arrived safely back at RAF Scampton at approximately 03.30 in the morning of 17th May 1943, where the crew would learn that whilst the raid had been a success, the men of No.617 Squadron had paid a terrible price. Of the 19 Lancasters which had left the airfield only hours earlier, eight aircraft and their crews had failed to return. The bomb aimer onboard Lancaster ED825/G AJ-T 'Tommy' during its attack against the Sorpe Dam and the man with the responsibility for releasing the aircraft's 'Upkeep' mine was George Leonard 'Johnny' Johnson. Unless the aircraft was in the optimum position to deliver the mine on target, Johnson would not release the weapon, telling the pilot to go around and have another run at it. On that fateful night, it would take ten attack runs before he was happy to release the mine and allow the pilot to set course for home and their place in the history books.
At the age of 101, George Leonard 'Johnny' Johnson was the last surviving airman from the Dambusters raid, but sadly joined the rest of his comrades in early December last year. All 133 of the Dambusters heroes are now reunited once more.
產品信息
Avro Lancaster BIII Special ED825，AJ-T，“T-Tommy”，Flt。 喬·麥卡錫中尉，英國皇家空軍 617 中隊，懲罰行動，1943 年 5 月。
蘭開斯特 ED825 於 1943 年 5 月 17 日凌晨大約 03:30 安全返回英國皇家空軍斯坎普頓，機組人員將了解到雖然突襲取得了成功，但第 617 中隊的人員付出了可怕的代價。 在幾小時前離開機場的 19 架蘭開斯特飛機中，有 8 架飛機及其機組人員未能返回。 蘭開斯特 ED825/G AJ-T“湯米”在攻擊索普大壩時搭載的炸彈瞄準器和負責釋放飛機“維護”地雷的人是喬治·倫納德“約翰尼”約翰遜。 除非飛機處於將地雷投向目標的最佳位置，否則約翰遜不會釋放武器，並告訴飛行員轉身再試一次。 在那個決定性的夜晚，在他高興地釋放地雷並讓飛行員設定回家和他們在歷史書中的位置之前，將進行十次攻擊。
在 101 歲時，喬治倫納德“約翰尼”約翰遜是 Dambusters 突襲中最後倖存的飛行員，但不幸的是在去年 12 月初加入了他的其他戰友。 所有 133 名 Dambusters 英雄現在再次團聚。
