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'I was troubled to fight. Hitler was the bastard who had started all this and he needed sorting out. We were under danger. Everything we stood for: our country, our individuals and our way of life was being attacked by this maniac. He cannot be permitted to win. So for me and many, many others like me, there was no alternative. We were in a pickle then one needed to be done.' Johnny Johnson is 92 years of age and one of hardly any men that can recall first-hand the most daring and ingenious air raid of all time. They can also vividly bear in mind his childhood put in focusing on a farm along with his controlling dad, the group of situations that led him to the RAF and the demanding training that adopted. Nonetheless it was his decision to become listed on 617 Squadron, and the consequences, that have truly stayed etched in his mind. On 16 May 1943, Johnny, alongside 132 specially selected comrades, took off from Scampton airbase in Lincolnshire. For six weeks they had been trained to fulfil one quest that was near impossible: to demolish three dams deep within Germany's Ruhr Valley. It was a daring task but, against the chances, Johnny and his team survived. Unfortunately, 53 comrades didn't. For the first time, Johnny relives every second of that fatal nights - and the damaging aftermath. He recalls with unique wit and information the difficult training conducted in secrecy, the race against time to release the bombs, and the utter durability and bravery shown by a little unit confronted with great adversity and doubt. Embodying a whole squadron, and leaving a prolonged legacy for generations to come, Johnny's tale is like no other.
