Chaps,

JRT,

That story was well covered over here but one media outlet mistakenly claimed Munro to be the last surviving member of that raid.

I watched the TV film First Light a few days ago. The story of Geoffrey Wellum DFC, an eighteen year old Battle of Britain pilot. Personal feelings and sensitivities were well portrayed but there were the usual production inaccuracies here and there which pass by un-noticed by the vast majority.

eg: No pilot entered first line squadron service having to be instructed by the ground crew on how to start the Merlin, including those who only had eight or nine hours on type. The name Kingcombe was scrubbed from the Operations board when he was killed but it re-appeared later in the film - as Kingcome. He actually survived the war. It was clear that Wellum flew two different marks of Spit on his first squadron flight. So on and so forth. They must have gained some of their historical information from Wiki...