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NZTG 08 fly in organiser Mark Sullivan with Squadron Leader Les Munro, CNZM, DSO, QSO, DFC, JP, who is the last surviving pilot of the Dambusters Raid of May 1943. Les was posted from 97 squadron to 617 squadron which was specially created to attack the dams of the Ruhr in an effort to wreck the industrial capacity of Germany during the war. Of the nineteen Lancasters that flew on that full-moon night, only eleven came back. Munro, as pilot of W-Willie, was scheduled to bomb the Sorpe dam. His bomber was damaged by flak over Holland which knocked out the radio, and after a vote among the crew it turned back to land back home in Lincolnshire. During the war he won the DSO and DFC and later attained the rank of Squadron Leader. He participated in the operations to deceive the Germans about the destination of the D Day landings by dropping aluminium strips of window every four and half seconds throughout long patrols over the English Channel at night - with all lights extinguished and in formation!   Following his career in the military, Munro retired to a life in local politics and farming.  He has retired to Tauranga.

Les Munro attended the Anniversary commemoration of the Dambusters raid, along with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in May 2003 at RAF Lossiemouth - 60 years after meeting the Queens father, King George VI on 27 May 1943. 

On 16 May 2008 Les was also present, along with Richard Todd, the actor who played Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters movie, for the 65th anniversary commemoration held at Derwent Water.