article_snippet: Yesterday his revealed his was inspired to make the selfless gesture after being moved by a visit to the Bomber Command Memorial in London.
article_snippet: ‘out of comradeship’ for the airmen who never came home.
article_snippet: Backed by Bild, their country's biggest daily newspaper, their said the idea was offensive to the 25,000 victims of the raid on Dresden in 1945.
article_snippet: Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb, a key supporter, said at the time: 'Anyone speaking against it should be thoroughly ashamed of Anyone speaking against it. '
article_snippet: Mike Neville, RAF Benevolent Fund director of strategy and fundraising, said:
article_snippet: ‘Les will consider Les a small sacrifice compared to the sacrifice made by thousands of comrades in the war.
article_snippet: Old friends: Les (left) shares a joke with Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire VC, who took over as 617 Squadron commander, at a 1986 reunion in New Zealand .