Johnny Johnson (RAF officer) Johnny Johnson (RAF officer) Squadron Leader George Leonard "Johnny" Johnson, (born 25 November 1921) is a retired Royal Air Force officer and Britain's last survivor of the original members of No. 617 Squadron RAF and of Operation Chastise, the "Dambusters" raid of 1943. George Johnson (known within the family as Leonard) was the sixth and last child born to Mary Ellen (née Henfrey) and Charles Johnson. He was born in the village of Hameringham in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. His mother died when he was three, leaving his father, a farm foreman, to bring up the family
No. 31 Squadron RAF No. 31 Squadron will disband temporarily in 2019 once the Tornado GR4 is retired. The squadron will reform, around 2024 at RAF Waddington, equipped with the General Atomics MQ-9B, a remotely piloted air system (RPAS), which will be known as the Protector RG1 in RAF service. As part of the celebrations of its 100th birthday, a No. 31 Squadron memorial was unveiled at the National Arboretum in October 2015. No. 31 Squadron RAF No. 31 Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF), known as the 'Goldstars', currently operates the Tornado GR4 from RAF Marham, Norfolk. The squadron was formed at