Last Of The Dambuster Pilots - Squadron Leader Les Munro

[Jimbuna]

The last of a very brave bunch of pilots....only two of a very brave bunch of air crew survive him.

Blue Skies Sir

~SALUTE~

In 2015, Mr Munro decided to put his medals up for auction to help pay for the upkeep of the Bomber Command Memorial in London.
They were expected to fetch up to $100,000.
However, British philanthropist Lord Ashcroft stepped in to stop the sale and the possibility of the medals leaving New Zealand.
He offered to donate about $150,000 for the memorial's upkeep if Mr Munro gifted his medals to the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) in Auckland
So, at a special ceremony in April 2015, Mr Munro presented his medals and logbooks to the museum.
The ceremony took place in front of the museum's Avro Lancaster Bomber - one of the few remaining examples of the planes used in the dam raids.
MOTAT chief executive Michael Frawley said he was honoured to accept the items into the museum's collection.
He said MOTAT planned to develop an exhibition highlighting the actions of Mr Munro and the other New Zealand members of Bomber Command during the war.

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