Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te koha nui a tētahi kaipuke rererangi i te wā o te pakanga ki ōna hoa RAF kua hinga, kua puta he urupare tūmatanui ki te whakarite kia kaua rātou e warewaretia. Ko te Tumuaki Squadron a Les Munro, inaianei ko ia anake te paerata ora o te whakaekenga rongonui o Dambusters, ka tukuna e ia ana tohu toa hei awhina i te utu mo te tiaki i te whakamaharatanga o Ingarangi i hangaia tata nei ki nga hoia 55,573 i mate i te pakanga. Inanahi i muri i te ripoata a te Daily Mail mo te tohu a te kaiurungi 95-tau-tau, he ngaru o nga mihi me nga tuku koha i kopikopiko i nga papaaho pāpori me te RAF Benevolent Fund, e kii ana mo te £ 50,000-i te tau te tiaki i te whakamaharatanga i te Green Park o Raanana. Whakawhanaunga: Ko te Kaihauturu Squadron Les Munro, 95, i whakaahuatia, ko ia te rangatira whakamutunga o te Dambusters, e tumanako ana ki te kohi £ 50,000 mo te Bomber Command Memorial i Ranana ma te hoko i ana mētara pakanga. Ko Les Munro (i te pokapū i mua) me tana kapa i mua o te Lancaster Bomber i rere ia i te whakaekenga i pakaru ai nga taiepa e rua. Inaianei kei te tīmata te Pūtea i tētahi pukapuka whakawhetai ā-ture mō Sqdrn Ldr Munro, ā, kei te whakatuwhera hoki i tētahi wāhi ipurangi mā te iwi ki te tuku koha i runga i tōna ingoa. Ka mea a Kaiwhakahaere Mike Neville: "He nui te urupare a te iwi ki te koha nui a Les Munro mo ana mētara me ana pukapuka pukapuka. "Kua tino miharo matou ki te tautoko a te iwi i hangaia e te kapinga, ina koa he urupare maere i runga i nga papaaho pāpori. Ka taea e ngā tāngata i pāngia e te atawhai o Les te waiho i tētahi karere whakawhetai mō ia, te tuku koha rānei ki te whakamaharatanga. Inanahi, i whakapuakina e te kaiurungi i whanau mai i Aotearoa, ko ia anake te kaiurungi ora o te whakaekenga o Dambusters i te tau 1943, i whakaaweawe ia ki te mahi i te tohu tohu i muri i tana haerenga ki te whakamaharatanga. Ka hokona: Ka hokona e Les Munro tana mētara mō te New Zealand Order of Merit, i runga ake nei, ā, i te taha mauī ki te taha matau ōna mētara mō te 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...
Ko Les Munro, 95, i rere i te Lancaster i runga i te whakaekenga i nga taiepa ma te whakamahi i nga pupuhi pupuhi. E tūmanako ana ia ki te kohi £ 50,000 mō te tiaki i te whakamaharatanga o te RAF i waenganui o Rānana. I hangaia hei whakamahara ki te 55,573 o ngā kaimahi rererangi me ngā kaimahi whenua i mate i te Pakanga Tuarua. Kāore i oti i te tau 2013 i muri i te tautohetohe ki a Tiamana mō te whakaute ki o rātau tupapaku. Ko te kaipuke pahū Lancaster a Sq Ldr Munro i patua e te ahi Nazi i runga i a Holland i runga i te whakaekenga. Engari i rere ia ki te UK me te poka nui, e whakaora ana i nga oranga o tana kapa.