THE village of Shere has paid tribute to former resident John "Hoppy" Hopgood, who died 70 years ago in the legendary Dambusters raid.
The Shere Bellringers rang a quarter peal to honour the Lancaster bomber pilot on the evening of May 16, while an exhibition celebrating his bravery opened at Shere Museum.
The display, which will be in place all summer, features a life-size model of a bouncing bomb, as well as a fragment of Flight Lieutenant Hopgood's plane.
The museum is open from 10am to 3pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and from 1 to 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
For more information, visit www.sheremuseum.co.uk or call 01483 202769.
