George 'Johnny' Johnson was involved with the newly released film until his death in December 2022.
The film is narrated by dambuster bomb-aimer Johnny Johnson who died in December 2022 aged 101A film about the lesser known part of the Dambusters raids has been released.
Launched from RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire and codenamed Operation Chastise, the raids led to eight of the 19 planes to be lost, the deaths of 53 men and the capture of three.Director Andrew Panton said Mr Johnson was involved with the film throughout its creation Mr Panton said right from his first meeting with Mr Johnson, he "could see that he really wanted a film where he himself could tell his complete story in his own words", making sure it "was accurate and factual".
On why it's important to mark the 80th anniversary and learn about the Sorpe dam, Rafa committee member John Langwade said: "We are of our history and if we don't remember history, we'll never learn anything.
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