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
RAF Silloth RAF Silloth Royal Air Force Silloth or RAF Silloth is a former Royal Air Force station north-east of Silloth, Cumbria, England, and south-west of Kirkbride, Cumbria. The station was used by RAF Coastal Command The airfield was originally designed to be used by RAF Maintenance Command but was handed over to Coastal Command in November 1939. It had a satellite at RAF Hornby Hall. Many of the buildings still survive, including the hangars, but the runways are in a bad condition. A farmers market and Seacote Caravan Park occupy the outer edge of the airport. A number of private homes