In 1940, he volunteered for service in the RAF. A year later, Johnson - now known to all as "Johnny" - was sent to Florida for pilot training. He failed the course and developed a deep dislike for ...

Lying on his stomach right in the Lancaster’s nose, George “Johnny” Johnson had the German ... He volunteered for the RAF in 1940, and took a pilot’s course in Florida before training ...

With the Royal Air Force, he took part in a morale ... and the capture of three others. When George Johnson, an Englishman known as Johnny, died on Wednesday night in a care home in the Bristol ...

George "Johnny" Johnson died peacefully at a care home near Bristol, western England, on Wednesday evening, surrounded by his family. Johnson was a bomb aimer with RAF 617 Squadron and took part ...

George Leonard 'Johnny ... retired Royal Air Force officer was a bomb aimer during Operation Chastise, which was tasked with attacking German dams during the Second World War. Mr Johnson was ...

The last surviving Dambuster George “Johnny” Johnson has died at the age of 101. Mr Johnson was the last surviving original member of RAF 617 Squadron ... Spitfire pilot killed in car ...

George "Johnny" Johnson, the last surviving Dambuster, has died aged 101. He was the leader of the 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command tasked with attacking German dams during the Second World War.The ...

Sq Ldr George "Johnny" Johnson, part of 617 Squadron, joined the Royal Air Force in 1940 at just 19. Three years later, he was selected to be part of the team at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire ...