Murray Cod
April 29th, 2010, 03:43
I have cut and paste the following from the Just Flight website www.justflight.com (http://www.justflight.com)
Ray Grayston RIP
Dambusters Flight Engineer
29/04/2010
We were sorry to hear of the death earlier this month of Ray Grayston, one of the last surviving airmen of 617 Squadron who carried out the legendary Ruhr dams raid in 1943. Ray was the Flight Engineer in Les Knight's Lancaster, which finally breached the Eder dam.
Ray was technical adviser to Channel 4 on the 2002 documentary which used our Dam Busters software to re-create the raid on a simulator and test the skill of modern aircrew. Some of the Just Flight crew had the pleasure of meeting Ray at the official screening and remember with fondness a big man with a big laugh who, in common with many remarkable men of his generation, was extremely modest about his part in history.
His death at the age of 91 leaves only four surviving members of 617 Squadron out of the 133 airmen who set of on the Dams raid.
Our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Obituaries, and more details of the extraordinary flights with which Ray was involved, can be found on the Times and Telegraph websites.
Ray Grayston RIP
Dambusters Flight Engineer
29/04/2010
We were sorry to hear of the death earlier this month of Ray Grayston, one of the last surviving airmen of 617 Squadron who carried out the legendary Ruhr dams raid in 1943. Ray was the Flight Engineer in Les Knight's Lancaster, which finally breached the Eder dam.
Ray was technical adviser to Channel 4 on the 2002 documentary which used our Dam Busters software to re-create the raid on a simulator and test the skill of modern aircrew. Some of the Just Flight crew had the pleasure of meeting Ray at the official screening and remember with fondness a big man with a big laugh who, in common with many remarkable men of his generation, was extremely modest about his part in history.
His death at the age of 91 leaves only four surviving members of 617 Squadron out of the 133 airmen who set of on the Dams raid.
Our sincere condolences to his family and friends.
Obituaries, and more details of the extraordinary flights with which Ray was involved, can be found on the Times and Telegraph websites.