article_snippet: Squadron Leader Les Munro, now the only surviving pilot of the legendary Dambusters raid, is to auction his gallantry  
article_snippet: Squadron Leader Les Munro, 95, pictured, who is the last surviving Dambusters commander, hopes to raise £50,000 for the Bomber Command Memorial in London by selling his war medals .
article_snippet: Yesterday the New Zealand born flyer, now the only surviving pilot of the 1943 Dambusters raid, revealed Les Munro’s was inspired to make the medal gesture after being moved by a visit to the Bomber Command Memorial in London.
article_snippet: Up for auction: Sqdrn Ldr Munro will sell Sqdrn Ldr Munro medal for New Zealand Order of Merit, above and, pictured left to right Sqdrn Ldr Munro medals for Distinguished Service Order, New Zealand Queen's Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross, 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star with clasp France and Germany, Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, New Zealand Service Medal 1939-45, and the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal .
article_snippet: Hero: Les Munro (left) being introduced to George VI, centre, by Wing Commander Guy Gibson VC, right, who led 617 Squadron on the Dambusters raid .
article_snippet: Sqdrn Ldr Munro (left) shares a joke with Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire VC, who took over as 617 Squadron commander, at a 1986 reunion in New Zealand .
article_snippet: Sqdrn Ldr Munro said Sqdrn Ldr Munro wanted to do so
article_snippet: Hero for Sqdrn Ldr Munro actions in the Second World War, hero for wanting to keep the memories of Sqdrn Ldr Munro comrades alive...
article_snippet: X' Mark Gillespie wrote: 'What a top bloke!'
article_snippet: The medals, which include a Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Flying Cross, are expected to fetch around £50,000 when The medals, which include a Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Flying Cross are sold with his flying logs and other memorabilia on March 25 in London.