May 2012. Current day Dambuster Sqn Ldr Tom Hill, 617 Sqdn, RAF meets Sqn Ldr George 'Johnny' Johnson DFM at Rolls Royce, Bristol Heritage Centre. Johnny was bomb aimer on Joe McCarthy's Lancaster on the Dambusters Raid of May 1943 - successfully dropping his bouncing bomb on their 10th run across the Sorpe Dam.
Tom deployed to Afghanistan immediately after this photoshoot to play his part in the squadron's succesful deployemt as part of Herrick 16. Here is Tom, on the right, shortly after completing a 5 hour sortie a couple of weeks later:
WW2 hero and modern day hero. Either way - they both support Dambusters2012 and Help for Heroes. So should you. www.bmycharity.com/dambusters2012
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