Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Hero: I ora a John Collier i te 63 o ngā misioni whakaeke i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ā, i āwhina ki te whakamahere i te whakaekenga a Dambusters. Ko te hītori ngaro o tētahi toa o Bomber Command i whakawhiwhia ki te tohu, i ora i ngā misioni e 63, i pupuhi i ngā kaipuke a Hitler, i whakamahere hoki i te whakaekenga a Dambusters, kua kitea i muri i tōna matenga. I whakawhiwhia a John Collier ki ngā mētara tiketike e toru mō tana mahi toa me te maia i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, engari i noho humarie ia i muri i tana wehenga atu i te RAF, ā, kāore i tino kōrerotia e ia ana mahi whakamiharo. I mate ia i te 83 o ona tau i te tau 2000, engari mo tetahi tuhinga kaore ano kia whakaputaina e tuhi ana i ana mahi kia kitea e tona whanau i tona kaainga i te New Forest, Hampshire. Inaianei kua korerotia tana korero i roto i te haurongo - ko te taitara Group Captain John 'Joe' Collier - i tuhia e te hoa o te whanau a Simon Gooch. I kitea e Mr. Gooch me te whānau o Mr. Collier ko te mahi tuatahi a te kaipāhua rererangi he haora noa iho i muri i te whakapuakitanga o te pakanga ki a Tiamana i te Mahuru 3, 1939. Ko te miihana tetahi o nga misioni pupuhi tuatahi o te pakanga me te rapu i nga kaipuke whawhai Tiamana i te Moana-a-Motu. Ko tetahi atu miihana i whakaahuatia i roto i te tuhinga e whakaatu ana i a Mr Collier e rere ana i tetahi kaipatu pahū Hampden miihini takirua i te whakaekenga i tetahi awa awa i Munster, Tiamana, i te Akuhata 12, 1940, i te wa i patua ai tana rererangi. I mahara a ia i muri ake nei: '"Aue" ka mea taku kaiarahi, "Kua patua ahau i te raro, kei te toto ahau - me aha ahau?" '"Kia noho ki runga ki reira", ka mea ahau, "ki te mea e tatou i roto i o tenei". A noho ana ia ki runga ki taua mea, kahore he hamama o amuamu... ' I whakahuahia a Squadron Leader Collier i roto i ngā karere, ā, i tūtohutia hoki ia mō tētahi Victoria Cross. Tērā pea i whakawhiwhia ki a ia taua tohu nui mō te toa mēnā kāore i whiwhi te VC i tētahi atu tangata i te mahi. 'Kei te āhua nei he ture kotahi mō ia mahi,' i tuhituhi a Mr Gooch. I haere tonu ia ki te noho ko ia tetahi o nga kaiurungi tino whakapaipai i nga tau tuatahi o te pakanga i nga ra pouri i te wa i whakaekehia ai a Britain ka hinga. Ko tana mahi whawhai tuarua i puta mai i te whakamahere i nga misioni pupuhi i te wa e kaha haere ana a Ingarangi me ona hoa. I muri mai ka whakamahere ia i te...
I ora a John Collier, te toa o Bomber Command i te 63 o ngā misioni mōrearea o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia e toru nga mētara nui, ā, i whakaarohia hoki ia mō tētahi Victoria Cross. Kātahi ka uru atu ki te rōpū whakamahere misioni, ā, ka āwhina ki te whakarite i te whakaekenga a Dambusters. Whai muri i tana wehenga mai i te RAF, i noho humarie a Mr Collier, ā, kāore i tino kōrero mō te mahi. I mōhio ngā hoa aroha ki te nui o tana maia i muri i te kitenga o tana pukapuka whakamaharatanga i tōna matenga i te tau 2000, 83 ōna tau.