LONDON (AP) — George “Johnny” Johnson, the last known survivor of Britain’s daring World War II “Dambusters” bombing raid on German infrastructure, has died. He was 101. Britain’s national news agency ...

London — The last surviving crew member of a British Royal Air Force squadron that targeted Nazi Germany's industrial heartland in World War II has died aged 101, media said Thursday. George "Johnny" ...

At 9:28 p.m. on May 16, 1943, a squadron of 19 Avro Lancaster heavy bombers from the British Royal Air Force took off from their base in England and headed toward Germany. By 1943, British bombing ...

Guy Gibson has just eight weeks to find a crew capable of low altitude flight at night. Airmen are recruited and trained for their bombing mission in Germany, with just eight weeks for Commander Guy ...

With the Royal Air Force, he took part in a morale-boosting strike on Nazi Germany’s industrial heartland, breaching dams and unleashing devastating floods. By Richard Goldstein In the hours before ...

A wartime telegram announcing the death of war hero Guy Gibson has been unearthed to reveal how the RAF hushed up the sad news to preserve public morale. The confidential message, that has been found ...

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